چکیده:
In the present article, the root and meaning of two high-frequency Quranic words, 'Ism' and 'Allah', have been investigated. First, the various forms of the word 'Ism' in some Arabic texts have been considered, and sometimes the origin of the derivation of this word has been examined. Regarding the word 'Allah', initially, the proper noun status of this word and whether this proper noun status is spontaneous or derivative has been investigated, and then, the roots proposed for the word Allah have been reviewed. Finally, various concepts of the word 'Allah' have been discussed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Although the root of "sumuww" is "simw", and according to Abu al-Futuh al-Razi: "As for ism, the origin of this word is 'simw' on the pattern of 'fi'l', because they made its plural 'asma'a' like 'qanw[1] and aqna', and 'hinw[2] and ahna', dropping the lam of the verb from its end, then giving the vowel of waw to mim.
" The origin of the derivation of "ism": 1 - sumuww, or simw: Most scholars believe that the word "ism" is derived from the root "sumuww" - which is the infinitive of "sama, yasmu" - and "sumuww" means loftiness, height, and exaltation; "inasmuch as the named object (musamma) becomes renowned and known through the name" (Raghib Isfahani, 244).
However, although Ibn Kaysan considers it a proper noun, he introduces it as a title (laqab), which is itself one of the types of proper names, and as Abu al-Futuh recalls: "Their saying is [close] in meaning, but [being a title for] Allah is not correct because a title is not permissible for 'Allah'.
According to the view of Abu al-Futuh al-Razi, we should not consider "Allah" as an improvised proper noun, but rather we should search for a root for it—contrary to the opinion we mentioned at the beginning of the discussion.
Abu al-Futuh al-Razi says: "And another opinion is that of Sibawayh, which is that the origin of this word was 'lah', as the poet said: kahlfatun min abi rabahin...