 Allah ( / <unk> , <unk> , <unk> / ; Arabic : الله , translit . Allāh , pronounced [ <unk> <unk> ] ) is the Arabic word referring to God in Abrahamic religions . The word is thought to be derived by contraction from al <unk> , which means " the God " , and has <unk> in other Semitic languages , including <unk> in Aramaic , <unk> in Canaanite and Elohim in Hebrew . 
