Allah (Arabic: الله‎, Allāh, IPA: [ʔalˤːɑːh] is the standard Arabic word for God.While the term is best known in the West for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, in reference to "God".The term was also used by pagan Meccans as creator-god, the supreme deity in pre-Islamic Arabia.