Dear friends,
Can I wrote allah, jesus, god in small capitals? or can I wrote mo’s (or : moh, mod) followers instead of Muhammmad followers?
Thank you
Imnot sure from a religious point of view... but grammatically speaking.. all these are names so they should be capiltalized.
Re: Assalamamualaikum a question need an answer. Thank you
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or can I wrote mo's (or : moh, mod) followers instead of Muhammmad followers?
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Shortening the name of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon him) is considered very offensive by many muslims. So might as well, spend the extra two seconds and type out the whole thing.
Moh'd is a common abbreviation used by many a people....
but why shud one abbreviate this name when othe are not????
and proper names by default r to be written with a capital letter....
but some people, especially over the net, do feel its not respectful to write Allah with a small a....
I do not see any problem in anyone writing anything in any way one likes or feels comfortable with and that it makes sense to the reader.
As for the offense, it is caused by the intention of the writer. If one intends to offend then writing a proper name by a capital or not and full or not makes no difference.
From religous extremism perspective, debate is never ending. Perhaps one should familiarise oneself with the story that goes with shortening of words for blessings on the prophet eg PBUH=short for peace be upon him etc. We are told that the first person who wrote S.L.A.M=sawd, laam, ain and meem his hand became paralysed for doing so etc etc. People just make up stories thinking they are doing some service to their religious cause.
From writing aspect, all writings are mere symbols that represent something therefore if a symbol or letter is sufficient to represent something that is what it denotes eg &=and or +=plus or BBC etc etc.
Now days people use letters instead of words to communicate through text messaging eg how r u? u want T? etc etc.
So long as the people communicating with each other understand what they are saying to each other, that is all that matters unless we are involved in a formal communication.
MMughal,
You are one of the few guppies who actually think before writing. May your tribe multiply and prosper.