You obviously did not read my post a few days ago, Downhome Woman (I don’t remember if it was on this thread or somewhere else).
Originally Allah is the name of a Hindu Goddess, a moon Goddess. From ancient India, Allah traveled to Middle East. Allah predates Islam, he (now ‘she’ became a ‘he’) was being worshipped in Arabia even before Mohammed.
At that time, people in the Middle East used to worship all kinds of Gods and Goddesses, including Allah. Mohammed decreed that Allah is the only true God and told people to stop worshipping anything else.
Anyway, so originally Allah was a Hindu Goddess (I assume still is). So there is nothing wrong whatever to refer to Allah as ‘her’.
SJP, there is some mixing, may be because of misunderstanding of the language.
I have now realized what strange thing you are speaking.
The explanation:
The pagan Arab in the pre-Islam period, knew God and called Him: Allah, which is originally is Al-ilah, which means: the god.
But because of the association and ignorance, they made many idols: one of these idols was called
Allat, other idols were Uzza, Manat and Hubal. Some of them worshipped the Star Sirius, and some other planets.
This is in the Quran
53: 19-23
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّى .وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَى . أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَى . تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَى . إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاء سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَاءهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَى ..الخ
The explanation:
(Have you considered El-Lat and El-Uzza,
And Manat, the third [idol]?
Will the male [your sons] be for you, and the female be for Him [as do you claim the angels are God's daughters]?
Such would be indeed a division most unfair.
They are but names with which you have named [these stones], you and your fathers; God has revealed no authority to [worship] them [in any heavenly scripture.]
They follow but a guess and that which [their] souls desire; and yet guidance [included in the Quran] has come to them from their Lord [and even they have refused it.]
Or will man [who is unbeliever] have whatever [intercession of idols, angels or saints] for which he desire?)
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Moreover, these idols had female names.
This is in the Quran
4: 117
إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلاَّ إِنَاثًا وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلاَّ شَيْطَانًا مَّرِيدًا
The explanation:
(They call besides Him only on females; and they call on nothing other than a rebellious Devil.)
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They cosidered Allah as the god of heaven, and these idols on earth.
Moreover, they thought that their idols were symbols of the angels; then they said the angels came down and entered in these idols, and therefore they hear and see us; and that
the angels are the daughters of Allah; therefore, they sanctify and worship these idols, in order that the angels will intercede for them with God.
This is in the Quran
39: 38
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ قُلْ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ هَلْ هُنَّ كَاشِفَاتُ ضُرِّهِ أَوْ أَرَادَنِي بِرَحْمَةٍ هَلْ هُنَّ مُمْسِكَاتُ رَحْمَتِهِ قُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
The explanation:
(And if you [Mohammed] should ask them [: the associaters]: "Who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say: "God [, lit. Allah, created them!]"
Say: "Have you considered what you call on beside God [lit. Allah]? If God [lit. Allah]wished me harm, could they [female pronoun] remove His harm? Or did He wish me mercy, could they [female pronoun] withhold His mercy?"
Say: "God is Enough for me [for Protector], and on Him rely those who rely [to preach the Islam, so they will succeed.])
