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Cognates of the name "Allāh" exist in other Semitic languages, including Hebrew and Aramaic. The corresponding Aramaic form is Elah (אלה), but its emphatic state is Elaha (אלהא). It is written as ܐܠܗܐ(ʼĔlāhā) in Biblical Aramaic and ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (ʼAlâhâ) in Syriacas used by the Assyrian Church, both meaning simply "God". Biblical Hebrew mostly uses the plural (but functional singular) form Elohim (אלהים), but more rarely it also uses the singular form Eloah(אלוהּ).
Arabic name for the Supreme Being, 1702, Alha, from Arabic Allah, contraction of al-Ilah, literally "the God," from al "the" + Ilah "God," which is cognate with Aramaic elah, Hebrew eloah
Furthermore, symbols and imagery were originally forbidden by Islam. It was the Ottoman Turks who later spread the Crescent Moon and Star symbol throughout their Islamic Empire. Also, the God of Islam; "Allah", shares etymology with the northwest Semitic "Father of the Gods"; "El", and not with any known lunar deities.
originally posted by: Seede
The moon god is not a very popular god with most biblical teachings but did you know that the moon god Nanna/Sin was far more worshiped than most any god of Abrahamic era?
The religious triad, or trinity, was a prominent feature of worship in Babylon. One Babylonian triad was composed of Sin (a moon-god), Shamash (a sun-god), and Ishtar (a goddess of fertility and war). In ancient Egypt, a god was often viewed as being married to a goddess who bore him a son, “forming a divine triad or trinity in which the father, moreover, was not always the chief, contenting himself on occasion with the role of prince consort, while the principal deity of the locality remained the goddess.” (New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology) One Egyptian triad consisted of the god Osiris, the goddess Isis, and their son Horus.
With the passage of time, the gods of the first Babylonian Empire began to multiply. The pantheon came to have a number of triads of gods, or deities. One such triad was composed of Anu (the god of the sky), Enlil (the god of the earth, air, and storm), and Ea (the god presiding over the waters).
The Babylonians even had triads of devils, such as the triad of Labartu, Labasu, and Akhkhazu. The worship of heavenly bodies became prominent (Isa 47:13), and various planets came to be associated with certain deities.
The cities of ancient Babylonia came to have their own special guardian deities, somewhat like “patron saints.” In Ur it was Sin; in Eridu, Ea; in Nippur, Enlil; in Cuthah, Nergal; in Borsippa, Nebo, and in the city of Babylon, Marduk (Merodach).
so basically you are saying a hotel that opened its doors 6 years ago influenced Muhammad's Islam 800 years ago..... And that that connects Islam to Babylon 2500 years ago, the logic doesn't seem to be there. “They ask you about the crescents. Say: They are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in the affairs of men and for pilgrimage.” [Al Baqarah, 2:189]
My point being that it is not a valid claim that you can blame the Ottoman Turks for this type of symbolism throughout the world today.
The God El was introduced as the contender of the god Sin and was never adopted as a god of the Ka'aba.
al-Lat ("The Goddess"),... al-Uzzah ("The Mighty"),... and Manat
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Assyrian king surrounded by symbols of his gods. The helmet with horns is said to represent Asshur; the winged disk in this case stands for the sun-god Shamash; the crescent is the emblem of the moon-god Sin; the forked line is the thunderbolt of Adad; and the star signifies Ishtar
Egyptian Deities. The gods and goddesses worshiped by the Egyptians give evidence of an underlying Babylonian heritage. There were triads of deities and even triple triads, or “enneads.” One of the popular triads consisted of Osiris, his consort Isis, and their son Horus.
The relationship of Osiris and Isis and their respective characteristics strikingly correspond to the relationship and characteristics of the Babylonian Tammuz and Ishtar. Hence, numerous scholars consider them to be identical.