Words All Non-Muslims Should Know English Translation of Islamic/Arabic words Updated 05-20-06 Back to Home Page Allah - "God in the Arabic language, the same word that Arabic speaking Christians use to mean God"4; God, although it is bit more complicated than that. Allah derives from Al-Ilah and means literally 'The One' or 'The God' or 'The One God'. Interestingly, the pagan moon god followed by Muhammed's family, before he invented the anti-idolatry 'Islam' was also named 'Allah'. The original Allah's symbol was the crescent moon, the same symbol as that of Islam to this day, and his three demonic...
