That's a great religious belief, and as such, I have nothing to say about the truth value of the assertion. However, the corpus is concerned with the linguistic point of view. There are other Semitic languages older than the oldest evidence we have of Arabic with clearly related words. 'ilah, for instance, is clearly related to Akkadian (Ancient Babylonian) 'ilum.
Notice that this does not preclude a Divine hand. If the Creator is actively involved in the daily affairs of the created, then there's a way to explain the relatedness of terms that satisfy both explanations. In fact, there are probably several ways. A blessed Ramadan to all, -Dan. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Akif Eyler <[email protected]> wrote: > "Etymology and origin" implies the belief that the words are man-made and > derived. However, it is also possible that some/all words are made by the > Creator, unmodified by their users. According to this view, the name of the > Creator must have existed before the creation of mankind. > > __Akif Eyler__ > >
