Even so, note that it is not "Jehovah be with ye" or "Jesus be with ye". God is a neutral term, it doesn't invoke any particular religious ideology or belief. If it had been religion-specific, it wouldn't have been universally accepted across cultures.
Not right as god specifically refers to biblical god not to pagan god(s).
'God 'is considered neutral because English/Western civilization is predominant. Technically Allah can also be considered a neutral term. Both those terms refer to an Abrahamic concept of god
The name of the Biblical God is "Jehovah". "God" is a generic term. Even if we assume that the the universality of the term is due to western imperialism, no one thinks of "God" when saying "goodbye", whereas the term InshaAllah or Allah Hafiz literally invokes God.
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Yes Pakis use Inshallah or Insha'Allah because it was most frequently used by members of Muslim league of Maullana Mohammed ali Jouhar and Iqbal the poet most heroically known to Pakis as Allama Iqbal.........hence for eg:- do members here know paki national anthem it starts as God says.....Inshallah.....Chechens say Mashallax and Morrocans say Incha-allah at least i have heard them saying in this particular way.......
As for Shahrukh "Goat Shit" KHAN it doesn't matter if he says Inshallah, Mashallah, Subanallah or Bas Kar Allah from his foul mouth.....Sushmita Sen...Vidya Balan etc say due to ''Dubai connection".......
Dawoodi Bohra community which @Yusuf belong to does't say Inshallah normally unless they are GCC or Pakistani Karachi based Bohra community........
Ask @Agnostic Muslim he might further give u people more insight into his culture............
The English word "God" does not refer to an Abrahamic concept of God. Neither does the term Allah, but it has come to be associated as such due to the fact that the latter is used almost exclusively by Muslims. Both these words have pre-Abrahamic origins.
Fi Amaanallah
It depends upon whether you capitalize it or not.
Any material to support this theory? Links, references?
Those pre-Abrahamic cultures don't exist anymore.
It's not a theory, it's a fact. I have books, so I cannot give you a reference.Any material to support this theory? Links, references?
Generally speaking, capitalization by itself does not change the meaning of a word.
I think the reason the Abrahamaic God has a capitalized G is to emphasize that He is the only God and that He is above all other gods. A "I have a bigger dick than you" kind of a thing.
It has something to do with the fact that translation of Hebrew(El, Elohim, Alohim, Alahu) and Islamic(Allah, Allahu) names of God is god. And the Christians continued using it. Yahweh or Jehovah was the personal name of the Jewish God and was considered too sacred to be commonly used. At least that's what I think, could be wrong.
Yes, you are right, God is the only God, and there are no other gods, so that makes it a proper noun. Although whether there are other gods or not is debatable ("Thou shalt have no other gods before me.").
Many Sikhs use it. Inshallah, Mashallah and I also think La haul Vila @Singh will agree
InshaAllah, MashaAllah are part of the general manners prescribed by Islam. For any event we are of the view it will happen if Allah(SWT) wills. InshaAllah means Allah (SWT) wills.
Inshallah is not used by Sikhs or Indian Punjabis per se. Although, those who interact with Pakistanis and/or consume Pakistani media tend to use it. It doesn't have the associated religious or fatalist connotation atleast when used by non-Muslims.
