{"id":15288,"date":"2025-05-29T03:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/?p=15288"},"modified":"2025-05-29T03:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:56:58","slug":"what-is-the-meaning-of-there-is-no-god-but-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/what-is-the-meaning-of-there-is-no-god-but-allah\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the meaning of \u201cThere is no God but All\u0101h\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d84357d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-25619\" data-id=\"d84357d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7063aa1 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7063aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap\"><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap-letter\">T<\/span><\/span>he statement (L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101 All\u0101h) is often mistranslated as \u201cThere is no god but God,\u201d which does not fully capture its depth. A more accurate translation is, <strong>\u201cThere is no deity worthy of worship except All\u0101h.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This statement is not simply a denial of the existence of other gods but rather a rejection of the validity of worship directed toward anything or anyone other than All\u0101h. It affirms that All\u0101h alone is the true deity deserving of worship, love, and devotion, while all other objects of worship are false. This understanding aligns with the concept of <em>taw\u1e25\u012bd<\/em> (pure monotheism), emphasizing that acts of worship\u2014prayer, supplication, sacrifice\u2014are to be directed exclusively to All\u0101h, without associating any partners or rivals with Him.<\/p>\n<p>All\u0101h confirms this in the Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThat is because All\u0101h is the Truth, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because All\u0101h is the Most High, the Grand.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014 <em>Surah Al-Hajj (22:62)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWhoever says, \u2018L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101 All\u0101h\u2019 sincerely from his heart will enter Paradise.\u201d<\/strong> (<em>Sahih al-Bukhari 128<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statement (L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101 All\u0101h) is often mistranslated as \u201cThere is no god but God,\u201d which does<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islamqa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15289,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288\/revisions\/15289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}