God or god?

['Abdul Rahmaan]

There is no god other than Allah.

Is it correct to write it the way I've written above keeping in mind that the word 'god' is with small 'g' ?

OR it is correct the way I've written below ?

There is no God other than Allah.

[KashifB]

I would write God.

Allah in Arabic means God and has a capital letter hence why I write God with a capital letter.

[KiWi]

yeah, same here
i write God with a capital g
I think it shows that He is one true God..he is God.
and all of the other gods mentioned in olden times are phony and man-made

[Na7lah]

I use a capitol G when speaking about a specific god. but when its general like 'we learned the meaning of the word god today' i'll use a lower case. So if I was speaking about Allah and i used the word 'god' i'd make the g upper case 'God'

Allahu A3lam

[doorster]

I would write God.

Allah in Arabic means God and has a capital letter hence why I write God with a capital letter.

there may be something for you at >> Why do you say Allah and not God?

[Yanal]

Allah deserves all. Capital G.

[Yanal]

Brother doorster the question is G with a capital or not,not what should we call Allah.

[coddles76]

I agree with doorster and the only befitting name is Allah. As muslims there shouldn't be a debate on whether to use G or g or j or h cause the only befitting name to the All Mighty creator is Allah, The ONE.

[doorster]

Brother doorster the question is G with a capital or not,not what should we call Allah.

Allah is the only all encompassing phrase befitting, for His (The One God) high attributes

[Yanal]

^ absolutely I was just informing you.

[doorster]

^^ okay, jazakAllah khair

[Whatsthepoint]

I use god for all gods.
The only god whose name I capitalize is the judeochristian god, who's name is God.

[doorster]

There is no god other than Allah.

Is it correct to write it the way I've written above keeping in mind that the word 'god' is with small 'g' ?

OR it is correct the way I've written below ?

There is no God other than Allah.

There is no god other than Allah

if that is your interpretation of shahadat, then small g is correct, illah is god in English

[Woodrow]

if that is your interpretation of shahadat, then small g is correct, illah is god in English

True, an ACCURATE translation into English would be a small g. The capital G is a specific name of a specifically named god specifiacally a god named God.

in Arabic illah has no reference to Allaah(swt) and God is not the Name of Allaah(swt). To use a capital G makes no more sense than translating "La Ilaha Illa Allah" as being "There is no George except Allaah(swt) " Absolutely without sense.

Perhaps to avoid this confusion us English speaking people should start saying "There is no illah Except Allaah"

[KashifB]

I agree with doorster and the only befitting name is Allah. As muslims there shouldn't be a debate on whether to use G or g or j or h cause the only befitting name to the All Mighty creator is Allah, The ONE.

What about the other names we have been instructed to use to call Allah subhanahu wata'ala?

[doorster]

What about the other names we have been instructed to use to call Allah subhanahu wata'ala?

if it is a real question (as opposed to your usual rhetorical ones where you assume that you already know it all) it is easily answerable.

**just say which it is

rhetorical (because you know-it-all-already)

or

desire to know

edit:
**answering your "question" without first finding out your motivation will result in your usual nit-picking (as it has happened at least twice before)

[KashifB]

if it is a real question (as opposed to your usual rhetorical ones where you assume that you already know it all) it is easily answerable.

just say which it is

rhetorical (because you know-it-all-already)

or

desire to know

I don't ask questions I know the answers to.

I hope you find peace brother. I haven't been in this forum for long, but it seems to me that most of your posts are personal attacks on people. I don't mind what you've said about me. I don't care how you judge me, I only care how Allah subhanahu wata'ala judges me.

Peace

[Peterwf]

If I remember my English from school about 50 years ago, (which I failed) there are nouns, common nouns and proper nouns.
A proper noun has two distinctive features:
1) it will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and
2) it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence.

So if the name I call Allah is God, then I am using a proper noun and therefore it must be capitalised.

There is only one deity worthy of praise.

[doorster]

If I remember my English from school about 50 years ago, (which I failed) there are nouns, common nouns and proper nouns.
A proper noun has two distinctive features:
1) it will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and
2) it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence.

So if the name I call Allah is God, then I am using a proper noun and therefore it must be capitalised.

There is only one deity worthy of praise.

yes, but the reason I am trying to stop my family and friends from using the word God/god is, its association with or origins from Hinduism as explained by Br. Woodrow @ here and here

[Peterwf]

yes, but the reason I am trying to stop my family and friends from using the word God/god is, its association with or origins from Hinduism as explained by Br. Woodrow @ here and here

I agree.
And there are many other pagan groups.
Also for those who do not have a good command of the english language.

To use the name "Allah" avoids these confusions.
As long as this does not take away anything from who Allah is.