[a. Arab. allāh the (true) God, contr. of al-iläh, i.e., al the + ilāh god = Aram. ĕlāh, Heb. ĕlōah.] The name of the Deity among Mohammedans.
1702. Rowe, Tamerl., I. i. 14. Well has our holy Alha mark’d him out The Scourge of lawless Pride.
1753. Hanway, Trav. (1762), II. XV. i. 403. The Tartars when they believe themselves to be dying, repeat this word, allah, allah, continually.
1840. Carlyle, Heroes (1858), 235. I make but little of his [Mahomet’s] praises of Allah.
