The Origin of the name Allah
ALLAH THE MOON GOD
The Origin of the name Allah
One assertion concerning the name of Allah is doing the rounds as follows.
"If this were an authentic history, the textbook would explain that the god
of Muhammad was man's creation. Arabia was a pagan nation that worshiped
over 300 gods. One of those was the moon god named, al-ilah. Legend has it
that the moon god mated with the sun god and had two daughters, both of whom
were worshiped as goddesses. When Muhammad claimed to have had his `vision'
and `revelation from Gabriel' he chose al-ilah as the god to build his army
around. Muhammad shortened the name, al-ilah, to, Allah, and declared that
he alone should be worshiped. He forbade the worship of the daughters. To
this day, a crescent moon can be found at the front of every mosque,
acknowledging that Allah was, and is the moon god. All of this is missing
from the Houghton-Mifflin accounts."
Now on the face of it this argument might appear plausible to the uninformed
and indeed it is circulated by some as a genuine view.
Note the writer is attacking the Houghton- Mifflin accounts because they do
not contain what is presented as verifiable truth. It seeks to assert some
failure of the compilers to identify this valuable piece of information. It
is not surprising that the accounts do not contain such references, as the
assertions are completely false, as we will see.
The Names of the Moon God and Sun Consort
The Name of the Moon God anciently was Sin among the Israelites. The Arabs
gave this male deity the name Qamar and the consort was named Shams. The
details can be seen in the paper The Golden Calf (No. 222).
The Sun God was a female consort. The names we find among the Celts are
derived from these names. For example James is a derivation of the Shamus
type and comes from this system. So also are Milcom and Chemosh gods of the
pagan descendents of Lot. The god Milcom is related in the name Malcolm.
The name Al ilat being circulated as we see above is a corruption of one of
the three female deities. The name Al ilat is the older form of the sun
Goddess referred to in Herodotus i. 131; iii. 8. This became Al lat or Allat
and means simply the goddess. She was worshipped among the Arabs of the
Sinaitic peninsular and particularly the Nabateans and Palmyrenes. Herodotus
asserts in the second passage that 'alilat and 'orotalt are the sole deities
of Arabia. Nöldeke (ERE 1. p 661) draws attention to the name as the older
form of Allat and makes comparison with the name Al'ilãh, which was the
older form of Allãh. In both passages Herodotus identifies her with ???????
and thus a great celestial goddess.
The definitive proof that al ilat as the goddess is not associated with
Allah is the statement by Muhammed himself in the Koran at Surah liii:19,
where he identifies al ilat as one of the three heavenly deities, Al Lat, Al
Uzza and Manat as the third. He denounces their adherence and places Allah
as one true God. In this Surah he goes on to denounce the adoration of
Sirius also in these contexts when he proclaims Allah as Lord of Sirius
(Surah liii:50) in condemnation of the belief that Sirius itself had divine
power.
Al Lat is also referred to in the inscription at Safã as 'LT and perhaps
HLT. She is understood as the Mother of the Gods. The name is seemingly
pronounced as Hallat. She was venerated among the later Arabs.
The Sun god held in special honour by the Nabateans and identified by Strabo
(784) was also understood to be Al Lat (ERE ibid).
The cult was at Ta'if to the east of Mecca and the tribe of the Thaqif spoke
of her as their mistress.
The most important cult of later times also was the cult of Al Uzza, which
was the worship of Venus. The name meant simply "the Mighty."
Manat was perhaps associated with the deity of Meni (Isa. 65:11). Manat was
venerated by the tribe of the Hudhail close to Mecca and especially among
the inhabitants of Yathrib (Medina). The incidence of her name is evidence
that the cult was found over a great part of Arabia.
For this reason Muhammad had to attack the worship of these deities. In the
explanation of the problem he located the worship of the deities to the time
of Noah and thus associated them with the system at Babel as seen from
Genesis. The deities so located were:
Yaghuth (helper) (Surah lxxi. 23)
(Robertson Smith identifies this deity with Ye'ush the ancestor of the
Edomites mentioned in Genesis 36 and elsewhere in the OT). It is only later
that we hear of this god's idol being in contention among the tribes of the
Yemen.
Ya'uq and
Suwa (prob. the preserver) the cult was confined to Yemen (Sur lxxi. 20).
Hubal and Dhu Shara
There are two deities that are also relevant to this argument: Hubal and Dhu
Shara.
Dhu Shara or more correctly Dhu 'sh-Shara which means "pertaining to
ash-Shara" has an obvious connection to the term Asherah of the Bible. It is
a deity that was worshipped by the Nabateans in their capital of Petra. He
was represented by a four-cornerd block of unhewn black stone four feet in
height and two feet in width. The blood of sacrificial victims was poured
upon it and before it. Underneath it stood a golden pedestal and the whole
sanctuary blazed with gold and votive offerings (ERE vol. 1. p. 663). The
Greek records show this deity as Dusares. Epiphaneus says the festival of
Dusares was celebrated at Petra on the 25th December which was the winter
solstice. The ERE acknowledges it as a connection with sun worship (ibid)
(cf. the paper The Origins of Christmas and Easter (No. 235)).
In the centre of the home of the cult As sherah (hence The Groves) he was
identified with Dionysus. The connection of the cult with luxuriant
vegetation is also that of sun worship in the cycles. This god became
represented by an idol among the tribe of Daus not far from Mecca.
The black stone of Dusares or Dionysus the god of the Nabateans at Petra was
taken to the Ka'aba and became the cult focus there that even Muhammed would
fail to remove. It subsequently became adopted by Hadithic Islam and the
worship of a pagan god has become the centre of the Meccan pilgrimage.
The second God to come from the North was that of Hubal. 'Amr b. Luhai is
understood to have brought his idol to Mecca from Moab (Ma'ab) and placed it
in the Ka'aba. It was originally of human form. It had with it divining
arrows for divination.
The Kalb tribe of the Syrian Desert used the name of Hubal for a person or
clan and they also used Isaf and Na'ila, which were two other deities
peculiar to Mecca.
'Amr b. Luhai is held to be the representative of the Huza'a which was the
tribe to occupy Mecca before the Quraish (ERE ibid p. 664).
We might thus deduce that the Huza'a introduced the pagan cults to Mecca
although
Nöldeke considers it improbable that 'Amr B. Luhai should be credited with
this move but does not specify the reason, leaving us to infer that it
preceded him
The word El was used by earlier Arabs as a single name for the deity as
simply God in the same way it is used in the Bible. The word became iyal as
a plural form of majesty.
In the same way the word for Lord, Baal, as The Lord became a name of the
deity and appears commonly in the Semitic system. The verb ba'ila (to be
bewildered) means in effect to seize for the God Ba'al (probably also our
bail).
In the Saifa inscriptions the word Hallah meaning The God enters the
composition of the various personal names of the Nabateans and many various
Northern Arabs at a very early time. Forms such as Zaid Allahi or increase
of God, etc., are found from an early time and the word was in use among
even the pre-Islamic and Heathen Arabs. Allah became a common use among the
various idiomatic phrases in common use among the heathen Arabs. The Koran
itself is the evidence for the view that the pre-Islamic and heathen Arabs
themselves regarded Allah as the Supreme Being. They turn to Allah when in
distress (Surahs x. 23; xxix. 65; xxxi. 31). Solemn oaths are sworn in his
name (S. vi. 109; xvi. 40; xxxv. 40). He is recognized by mankind as the
Creator, and Giver of rain (xxxi. 61 ff). Their crime is that they worship
other gods beside Him; namely the three goddesses Al Lat, Al Uzza and Manat
who are believed to be His daughters (xvi. 59 ff).
Wellhausan cites a large number of passages in which pre-Islamic Arabs
mention Allah as a great deity. There are so many that even if we strike
some out as suspicious there are so many as to establish beyond doubt that
the term Allah is a pre-Muhammedan term.
The term is the common name for God among all Arabs, heathen and otherwise.
Yet despite the evidence Wellhausen then goes on to try and establish a link
that says the name Allah is derived from the worship of the Moabite Hubal.
This seems to be a religious bias with no basis in historical fact that one
can readily see. In fact the evidence is quite the contrary.
It is from Wellhausen that the false argument is derived (ERE ibid).
The confusion in the names comes from the danger of a little knowledge of
some based on an error by Wellhausen.
Because we repeatedly find the name of a deity followed by the title Alaha,
or the god, Wellhausen argued that the Arabs of a later age might have
applied the epithet Allah as the God to a number of different deities and
that, in this manner, from being a mere appendage to the name of a great
god, may gradually have become the name of the Supreme God.
This argument is appalling reasoning ignoring the text of the Bible and the
ancient linguistic forms concerning the names of God in the Hebrew,
Chaldean, Aramaic and Arabic languages.
The Origin of the name Allah
When the Ka'abah was cleaned out in Mecca there were some 167 idols there.
The pagan pantheon among the Arabs was extensive, albeit confined in the
main to the three deities, and Sirius. Much of this pagan worship entered
Islam as we will see but it did not involve the Name of God.
Muhammed came from a family that was in large part Unitarian Christian and
it was in this manner that he was exposed to the Bible structure.
He set about destroying three aspects to the worship of the one true God.
Firstly he set about eliminating pagan worship from the Arab tribes. He was
then faced with the task of exposing and destroying the Trinitarian system,
which had imposed itself on the East from Constantinople as a tool of the
Roman system. He also had the task of liberating the Arabs from the Jewish
aristocracy and kingships that controlled the Middle East at that time. Much
of this influence extended into Khazaria and would see the conversion of the
Khazar Ashkenazi to Judaism in the next century in 740 CE.
Muhammed began to teach in 610 CE and by 632 Islam was established after the
Hejira or the flight from Mecca to Medina.
It is true that the mosques in Islam have crescents associated with them but
so do many Trinitarian Churches in Christianity. However, the names have
nothing to do with the name of Allah. Much of the mosque structure is also
associated with the breasts of the goddess in its roof form and is directly
pagan, but this has little to do with the prophet and with true Islam.
As we see Al'ilãh was the older form of Allãh. This is not associated with
the Moon God at all and not with the celestial goddess Al ilat or Al Lat
either in any way.
The Hebrew and Arabic languages are related in this way. The Hebrew was the
originator of the western Aramaic form, which was spoken after the
Babylonian captivity in place of Hebrew. The Chaldean Semitic language
became eastern Aramaic and from which the modern Arabic springs.
The names for God in Hebrew were:
Eloah (Singular form); and
Elohim (plural form).
El was a short form and could mean mighty as applied to a person.
The names for God in Chaldean were:
Elahh (singular form) (= Heb. Eloah)
Elahhin (plural form) (= Heb. Elohim)
El had the same meaning. Both the Hebrew and the Chaldean appear in the
Bible texts using these forms. The book of Ezra shows that the name Eloah is
the title of the God of the Temple at Jerusalem. This name is singular and
admits of no plurality. It refers to the one True God alone.
In the eastern Aramaic the singular Elahh became Allah' in the Arabic in
this way. Elahh was referred to as Al Elahh or The God in the singular as it
appears in the Bible text and the Chaldean. It then became Al'ilãh in the
Arabic from the eastern Aramaic. The two hh sound being expressed as an
aspirant with the final letter h of Allah. Thus the ancient Arabic form was
Al'ilãh altering the double h sound. Islam under Muhammed carried on the
name Allah because it was singular and it admits of no plurality.
There is no doubt that the name Eloah of the Bible and Allah of the Arabic
come to us from the Semitic language via Ancient Hebrew and Ancient Chaldean
respectively and mean the same thing.
The name Yahovah is a title applied to Eloah as the third person form of the
verb meaning He Causes to Be. This view is confirmed by the footnote to the
text in Exodus 3:14 in the Annotated Oxford RSV. The name expressed in the
text in Exodus 3:14 means I am what I will become ('eyeh 'asher 'eyeh cf.
Bullinger fn. to Companion Bible also). It designates an act of creation in
expansion of Himself by the One True God in accordance with His will and
plan. In this sense all men will become sons of God.
It is thus a name applied to the spokesman of the One True God who is
referred to as Yahovih (SHD 3069) or Yahovah of Hosts. Yahovah (SHD 3068) is
used to refer to subordinate deities and sometimes multiple deities at the
same time. In other words they all act for the one True God Eloah as the
elohim. Thus all men will become spiritual gods or elohim as sons of God
(see the paper The Elect as Elohim (No. 1)).
The name Yahovah is applied to at least four beings, three of whom are
angels or messengers for the God in Heaven at the same time as we see from
the instance with Abraham and Lot, and the destruction at Sodom and
Gomorrah. These aspects have been all examined at the papers: The Angel of
YHVH (No. 24); The Names of God (No. 116); The Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ
(No. 243); and Abraham and Sodom (No. 91).
It is forom this ignorance of the origins of names in language and a desire
to slander and malign by self-righteous bigots in Christianity that we see
error and slander arise. The ignorance of Islam based on the traditions of
men further increases the hostility.
Why would people attack the name Allah? What is the significance of the
term?
The real problem stems from the false theology that entered Christianity and
finds expression today in the churches of God.
The Trinitarian system developed from a Binitarian structure that found
itself adopted at Nicaea in 325 CE. The Trinity was developed by the
Cappadocians, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil. The theology
was adopted in 381 CE and crippled Christianity theologically. Augustine of
Hippo then set the erroneous theology in concrete in his writings.
The Churches of God have even less excuse for the error. They developed,
under Herbert Armstrong in the twentieth century, a ditheism that commenced
a false theology around two co-eternal Gods. These erroneous teachers are
faced with the Bible terminology of Eloah being the name for God in the
singular and which can only be used of the One True God who sent Jesus
Christ (John 17:3). They then have to attack the use of Eloah as One True
God. They do this by coupling the terms Eloah and Allah, which is a correct
link, but assert it relates to the worship of a moon God in Islam because of
the pagan intrusions into the mosques under a mystical system. It is true
that Islam, like Christianity before it, is hopelessly paganised but that
has nothing to do with the use of Allah in the Koran or Qu'ran.
Some churches such as the Church of God (Seventh Day) when penetrated by
Trinitarians in the USA opted for Binitarianism as the easy way out and no
doubt will end up in Trinitarianism. The Seventh Day Baptists are Unitarian
as they have always been in their International Conference but became
Trinitarian in the US Conference from the mid seventies. Theologically they
are very weak. The Churches of God and the Seventh Day Baptists were
originally Unitarian in every denomination including the Seventh Day
Adventists. Armstrong was credentialed a minister of the Church of God
(Seventh Day) when it was Unitarian. The Seventh Day Adventists became
Trinitarian at the end of the 1970s.
These same people are now faced with the fact that they have invented a
false doctrine and permeate the Churches of God with error.
It was for this reason in the early centuries following the false
Trinitarian theology in Christianity that Islam insists on referring to the
One True God as Allah,' rather than the plural ellahhin, because the name
admits of no plurality whatsoever.
Rather than admit that they are in error, the Binitarian, Ditheist and
Trinitarian teachers of the various churches of God invent arguments based
on falsehood and slander those who disagree. This practice is contrary to
the Bible and now to the Laws of the United States as well as other nations.
The various errors in theology will be examined in the work FAQs on Islam
(No. 55).
The idea that Allah is not the God of the Bible, whose name is actually
Yahweh so it is claimed, is an idea that has emerged from Sacred Names
theology in the USA and is false. It fails to understand the names of God in
the Bible and the place of the Eloah-Elohim distinction there.
In one diatribe we find comments such as:
To the "people of the Scriptures" or "book," Muslims are told to say, "We
have faith in that which has been revealed to us and in that which has been
revealed unto you. Our God and your God are one, and unto him we are
resigned," Koran 29:46.
Do Muslims believe in both the Koran (Quran) and the Bible? We shall see.
Now this argument is a sound approach. It shows a need to examine the Koran
and see what the differences are between the two religions.
The Koran does indeed require a true Muslim to follow both the Koran and the
Bible. This position has great strength and could prove to be the point on
which the religions are reconciled. An example of the fiction permeating the
churches of God currently follows:
What is the nature of the god - Allah - of the Muslims? Is he the same as
the Yahweh of Scripture?
As reported in the January/February 2000 issue of Battle Cry, a comparison
of Allah and Yahweh, based on their portrayal in the Koran and the Bible
respectively, is a study of opposites.
Unknowable: Allah is so transcendent, so exalted, that no man can ever
personally know Allah. Yahweh, on the other hand, sent His Son Jesus Christ
into the world so we could know God personally, John 17:3 (R. Nickels, Islam
and You, Study No. 185).
The Bible is clear that No one has seen God ever. He chose to reveal Himself
through His servants the prophets and He sent Jesus Christ. The writer
appears to be totally unaware of the term Eloah as it applies in the Bible.
Also he appears unaware that the term Yahovah or Yahweh as he claims is used
of Angels in the OT, one of whom, the spiritual Rock that was with Israel in
the Wilderness (1Cor. 10:4) was Jesus Christ.
Ezra shows, in the great restoration, that The House of God at Jerusalem is
the House of Eloah (Ezra 4:24) and not the house of "Yahweh." Ezra
identifies Eloah as the Eloah of Israel (Ezra 5:1). The prophets were the
prophets of Eloah (Ezra 5:2). He is Eloah of the Jews (Ezra 5:5). He is the
great Eloah for whom the House was built (Ezra 5:8). He is the Eloah of
Heaven and Earth (Ezra 5:11). It was this Eloah that the fathers had
provoked with wrath and He sent them into captivity (Ezra 5:12). Cyrus
decreed that the house of Eloah be built, and the vessels of gold and silver
were the vessels of Eloah, which were sent to be placed in it (Ezra 5:13-17,
6:5).
The House of Eloah was protected and ordered to be built by the rulers of
the empire because Eloah had chosen Cyrus to begin this process. Darius II
completed it and Artaxerxes II ordered its furbishment. Ezra and Nehemiah
restored the Temple system and Ezra died in 321 BCE. There was no doubt in
anyone's mind that it was the Temple of Eloah the God of Heaven and Earth.
Not once is the name Yahweh mentioned in this regard. Indeed the name Yahweh
is a mispronunciation of the name in any event.
From the above we have seen that the names Eloah and Allah' are derived from
the two variants of the same language structure. Eloah and Elahh are the
same deity from whence comes the name Allah'. Given this major truth we
might be able to then go into common ground and build some mutual
understanding.
Allah' is the Arabic form of the One True God Eloah who is extending Himself
to become elohim through the people he has called into His system.
The Koran holds that Christians are nearest to them. They do not and never
will accept the traditions that determined a Trinitarian and Binitarian
structure. They certainly do not believe in a capricious God and this sort
of dialogue serves no purpose other than to indulge bigotry and encourage
hostility.
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GoldenArse
ALLAH THE MOON GOD wrote:
> The Origin of the name Allah
Wrong.
As is commonly known, Islam recognises Jesus Christ, and Allah and
Jesus himself are somewhat interchangeable.
The origin of "Allah" is from a Chinese ambassador to the Court of
Niall of the Nine Hostages. During a conversation with yer man Niall,
he heard "Arrah Jaysus" which of course in Chinese, translates as
"Allah Jaysus".
And there you have it.
GA
Arash
Hal Ó Mearadhaigh.
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> Scríobh "ALLAH THE MOON GOD" <secr...@ccg.org>:
>>The god Milcom is related in the name Malcolm.
>
LOL. Why would anyone worship a God called "Allah"??
--
Hal Ó Mearadhaigh.
Chip Anderson
news:1161440863.4...@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:
I see how you came about your moniker.
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Chip
Oderint dum metuant
-Lucius Accius
Chip Anderson
news:4pvlprF...@individual.net:
Why, to get the virgins of course. Which begs the question, what's in it
for the virgins?
Mad mo was a pig raping pedophile
Actually, allah was a moon goddess.
> One assertion concerning the name of allah is doing the rounds as follows.
>
>
> "If this were an authentic history, the textbook would explain that the god
> of Muhammad was man's creation. Arabia was a pagan nation that worshiped
> over 300 gods. One of those was the moon god named, al-ilah. Legend has it
> that the moon god mated with the sun god and had two daughters, both of whom
> were worshiped as goddesses. When Muhammad claimed to have had his `vision'
> and `revelation from Gabriel' he chose al-ilah as the god to build his army
> around. Muhammad shortened the name, al-ilah, to, Allah, and declared that
> he alone should be worshiped. He forbade the worship of the daughters. To
> this day, a crescent moon can be found at the front of every mosque,
> acknowledging that Allah was, and is the moon god. All of this is missing
> from the Houghton-Mifflin accounts."
You also find crescent moons on outhouse doors. Man mad mo said allah
or shaitan crawls up your butt at night.
> Now on the face of it this argument might appear plausible to the uninformed
> and indeed it is circulated by some as a genuine view.
>
>
> Note the writer is attacking the Houghton- Mifflin accounts because they do
> not contain what is presented as verifiable truth. It seeks to assert some
> failure of the compilers to identify this valuable piece of information. It
> is not surprising that the accounts do not contain such references, as the
> assertions are completely false, as we will see.
>
>
> The Names of the Moon God and Sun Consort
>
> The Name of the Moon God anciently was Sin among the Israelites. The Arabs
> gave this male deity the name Qamar and the consort was named Shams. The
> details can be seen in the paper The Golden Calf (No. 222).
So pislam is a sham?
> The Sun God was a female consort. The names we find among the Celts are
> derived from these names. For example James is a derivation of the Shamus
> type and comes from this system. So also are Milcom and Chemosh gods of the
> pagan descendents of Lot. The god Milcom is related in the name Malcolm.
What about Malcum?
Yeah, sure they did.
> Muhammed began to teach in 610 CE and by 632 Islam was established after the
> Hejira or the flight from Mecca to Medina.
>
>
> It is true that the mosques in Islam have crescents associated with them but
> so do many Trinitarian Churches in Christianity. However, the names have
> nothing to do with the name of Allah. Much of the mosque structure is also
> associated with the breasts of the goddess in its roof form and is directly
> pagan, but this has little to do with the prophet and with true Islam.
>
>
> As we see Al'ilãh was the older form of Allãh. This is not associated with
> the Moon God at all and not with the celestial goddess Al ilat or Al Lat
> either in any way.
>
>
> The Hebrew and Arabic languages are related in this way. The Hebrew was the
> originator of the western Aramaic form, which was spoken after the
> Babylonian captivity in place of Hebrew. The Chaldean Semitic language
> became eastern Aramaic and from which the modern Arabic springs.
And descended from Ismael - a wild ass of a man.
forom?
> to slander and malign by self-righteous bigots in Christianity that we see
> error and slander arise. The ignorance of pislam based on the traditions of
> men further increases the hostility.
>
>
> Why would people attack the name allah? What is the significance of the
> term?
>
>
> The real problem stems from the false theology that entered Christianity and
> finds expression today in the churches of God.
>
>
> The Trinitarian system developed from a Binitarian structure that found
> itself adopted at Nicaea in 325 CE. The Trinity was developed by the
> Cappadocians, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil. The theology
> was adopted in 381 CE and crippled Christianity theologically. Augustine of
> Hippo then set the erroneous theology in concrete in his writings.
>
>
> The Churches of God have even less excuse for the error. They developed,
> under Herbert Armstrong in the twentieth century, a ditheism that commenced
> a false theology around two co-eternal Gods. These erroneous teachers are
> faced with the Bible terminology of Eloah being the name for God in the
> singular and which can only be used of the One True God who sent Jesus
> Christ (John 17:3). They then have to attack the use of Eloah as One True
> God. They do this by coupling the terms Eloah and Allah, which is a correct
> link, but assert it relates to the worship of a moon God in pislam because of
> the pagan intrusions into the mosques under a mystical system. It is true
> that pislam, like Christianity before it, is hopelessly paganised but that
> has nothing to do with the use of allah in the Koran or Qu'ran.
You mean the kookran't.
> Some churches such as the Church of God (Seventh Day) when penetrated by
> Trinitarians in the USA opted for Binitarianism as the easy way out and no
> doubt will end up in Trinitarianism. The Seventh Day Baptists are Unitarian
> as they have always been in their International Conference but became
> Trinitarian in the US Conference from the mid seventies. Theologically they
> are very weak. The Churches of God and the Seventh Day Baptists were
> originally Unitarian in every denomination including the Seventh Day
> Adventists. Armstrong was credentialed a minister of the Church of God
> (Seventh Day) when it was Unitarian. The Seventh Day Adventists became
> Trinitarian at the end of the 1970s.
>
>
> These same people are now faced with the fact that they have invented a
> false doctrine and permeate the Churches of God with error.
>
>
> It was for this reason in the early centuries following the false
> Trinitarian theology in Christianity that pislam insists on referring to the
> One True God as Allah,' rather than the plural ellahhin, because the name
> admits of no plurality whatsoever.
>
>
> Rather than admit that they are in error, the Binitarian, Ditheist and
> Trinitarian teachers of the various churches of God invent arguments based
> on falsehood and slander those who disagree. This practice is contrary to
> the Bible and now to the Laws of the United States as well as other nations.
Wow! Now you're really talking out of your ass!
> The various errors in theology will be examined in the work FAQs on pislam
> (No. 55).
>
>
> The idea that allah is not the God of the Bible, whose name is actually
> Yahweh so it is claimed, is an idea that has emerged from Sacred Names
> theology in the USA and is false. It fails to understand the names of God in
> the Bible and the place of the Eloah-Elohim distinction there.
>
>
> In one diatribe we find comments such as:
>
> To the "people of the Scriptures" or "book," Muslims are told to say, "We
> have faith in that which has been revealed to us and in that which has been
> revealed unto you. Our God and your God are one, and unto him we are
> resigned," Koran 29:46.
>
> Do Muslims believe in both the Koran (Quran) and the Bible? We shall see.
>
>
> Now this argument is a sound approach. It shows a need to examine the Koran
> and see what the differences are between the two religions.
>
>
> The Koran does indeed require a true Muslim to follow both the Koran and the
> Bible. This position has great strength and could prove to be the point on
> which the religions are reconciled. An example of the fiction permeating the
> churches of God currently follows:
>
>
> What is the nature of the god - allah - of the Muslims? Is he the same as
> the Yahweh of Scripture?
>
> As reported in the January/February 2000 issue of Battle Cry, a comparison
> of allah and Yahweh, based on their portrayal in the Koran and the Bible
> respectively, is a study of opposites.
>
> Unknowable: allah is so transcendent, so exalted, that no man can ever
> personally know allah. Yahweh, on the other hand, sent His Son Jesus Christ
> From the above we have seen that the names Eloah and allah' are derived from
> the two variants of the same language structure. Eloah and Elahh are the
> same deity from whence comes the name allah'. Given this major truth we
> might be able to then go into common ground and build some mutual
> understanding.
Except that you are wrong.
> allah' is the Arabic form of the One True God Eloah who is extending Himself
> to become elohim through the people he has called into His system.
Nope. allah the moon goddess is actually satan.
> The Koran holds that Christians are nearest to them. They do not and never
> will accept the traditions that determined a Trinitarian and Binitarian
> structure. They certainly do not believe in a capricious God and this sort
> of dialogue serves no purpose other than to indulge bigotry and encourage
> hostility.
The big problem for the kookran't and its muzzie adherants, are the
satanic verses. Why are they still in the kookran't and why weren't
they struck out? Is it because the whole of the kookran't is one stanic
verse being, as it is, the words of allah the moon goddess or satan?
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SEANN EACHDRAIDH LEÒDHAIS
le Iain N. MacLeoid
'S anns 's a' bhliadhna 1098, tha chiad iomradh againn air eilean
Leòdhais ann an eachdraidh, mar eadar-dhealaichte bho an h-Innse-Ghall
eile. 'S a' bhliadhna sin chiosnaich rìgh Manus á Lochlunn na
h-Eileanan an Iar cho buileach 's gu 'm bheil bàrd na cùirte rioghail
aig an àm ag ràdh "gu'n robh deatach an léir-sgrios a' ruigheachd na
nèamhan os cionn Ljódhhús."
'S e so an t-ainm Lochlunnach a bh' air Leòdhas aig an àm, agus tha 'n
t-Ollamh Macbheathain de 'n bheachd gu 'm bheil an t-aon chiall aig
Lódóse 's an t-Suain. Cha' n' eil luchd-mineachaidh ro-chòirdte
timchioll air brìgh an fhocail, agus mar sin 's co math dhuinn gun
deasbaireachd a dheanamh mu 'n chùis.
Tha beul-aithis Eirionnach ag ràdh gu 'n robh Conall Cearnach, sonn
treun à Ullaidh a' toigail cìse an Leòdhas 's a' bhliadhna h-aon, agus
na 'm biodh dearbhadh. cinnteach air sin 's iomadh linn a chuireadh e
ri aois eachdraidh an eilein.
Cha' n' eil teagamh nach ann á Eirinn a thainig na Gàidheil do na
h-Eileanan an Iar timchioll air an t-seathamh linn. 'N uair a thainig
na Ceilteich do dh' Alba ann an Aois an Iaruinn fhuair iad dà threubh
romhpa na Lubrachain agus treubh na h-umha. 'S e daoine beaga dubha le
cinn fhada bha 's na Lubrachain.
'S iad a thog na dùin sheòmrachail agus mullaichean cruinn orra, agus
faodaidh sinn a chreidsinn gur h-ann do Aois na Cloiche 'bhuineadh iad
a reir na sgile leis an do thog iad na seòmraichean sin. A stigh air
criochaibh na treibh sin thainig treubh na h-umha, daoine móra,
garbha, le aodainn fhada, cholgach, cinn mhóra chruinne agus failt
bàn.
Tha luchd-rannsachaidh a' deanamh a mach gur h-iad a thog na
Tursaichean ainmeil a th' aig Callanis agus àitean eile. Tha cuid de
'n bheachd gu 'm b' e teampuill no tighean-aoraidh a bha anns na
Tursaichean so, agus gu 'n robh na righrean treuna a thuiteadh 's a'
bhlàr air an tòrradh annta, agus iobairtean de gach seorsa air an
toirt suas mar onair dhoibh. Tha fhios againn gu 'n d' fhuaradh
cisteachan-cloiche iomadh uair aig na Tursaichean so, agus cnàmhan
ainmhidhean agus dhaoine a nochdadh gur dòcha gu 'n robh 'n treubh
borb ud, ag iòbradh eadhon an gineal airson sàsachaidh a thoirt do
agartasan an diathan.
Cha do dh' fhàg na Lochlunnaich móran de eachdraidh sgriobhte as an
déidh. Cha b' ann air sgriobhadh an eachdraidh a bha 'n aire ach air
mortadh agus marbhadh agus togail cheach, ach a dh' aindeoin sin uile
dh' fhàg iad an làrach anns gach ceum de 'n eilean anns an d' imich
iad, oir 's gann gu 'm bheil cnoc, abhuinn, òb no caol an Eilean an
Fhraoich nach do bhaist iad 'n an cànain mu 'n d' fhàg iad. Tha
ceithir ainmean Lochlunnach an Leòdhas mu choinneamh gach ainm
Gàidhealach no Ceilteach a th' ann. Tha cuid eadhon a' deanamh a mach
gur h-ann an déidh ionnsaidh nan Lochlunnach a dh' eirich am beagan
ainmean Gàidhlig a th' ann, agus le sin tha e coltach, nach mór nach
do sguabadh gu buileach na Ceiltich á Leòdhas tràth 's an naodhamh
linn.
'S ann a thogail chreach a thainig na Lochlunnaich an toiseach do na
h-Eileanan an Iar, ach 'n uair a bha 'n gnothuch a' còrdadh riutha cho
math bha sgaoth a' fuireach bliadhna 'n déidh bliadhna.
Mu dheireadh an deicheamh linn tha iomradh againn air Maccus no
Macharailt a' chiad rìgh a chuir na Lochlunnaich os cionn nan Eileanan
an Iar, a bha uile fo 'n spòig bho Arcamh a dh' ionasuidh an Eilean
Mhanainneich. Tha sin a' sealltuinn dhuinn cho mór agus cho
éifeachdach 's a bha cumhachd nan Lochlunnach air na h-Eileanan sin.
An déidh bhàis an rìgh sin, chuir rìgh Lochluinn uachdar, an thairis
air na h-Eileanan, ach mharbhadh an Leòdhas e am feadh 's a bha e
togail chreach an sin. 'S ann an uair sin a rinn rìgh Manus suas
inntinn nach fhàgadh e tigh tioram gun chiosnachadh 's na h-Eileanan
an Iar. Thainig e le cabhlach threun 's a' bhliadhna 1098, agus rinn e
sgrios iomlan air Leòdhas, Uidhist, an t-Eilean Sgiathanach, Tiriodh,
Muile agus Ile, ach choinnich a nàmhaid fhéin ri Manus an Eirinn, agus
mharbhadh e.
Cha do dh' eirich cumhachd nan Lochlunnach na b' àirde na sin, ged
nach do dh' fhàg iad na h-Eileanan gus am b' éigin dhoibh an déidh
blàir na Leargaidh Ghallda 's a' bhliadhna 1263. Rinn leir-sgrios
Mhanuis làrach mór air cridheachan nan eileanach fad iomadh bliadhna.
Rachadh iad anns an fhaochaig na 'n cluinneadh iad eadhon 'ainm.
Tha cuid de bhàrdachd Oisein a' luaidh air a' churaidh sin, agus tha
'm far-ainm a bh' air "Manus a' ghlùin-rùisgte" a nochadh gu 'n robh e
cleachdadh an fhèilidh agus a' bhreacain, 's dòcha mar chuimhneachan
orra-san a chuir e gu bàs.
Chaidh cùisean air aghaidh mar sin gu carraideach - rìgh an déidh rìgh
a' tighinn thairis à Lochlunn, agus a togail leis gach ni nach robh
ro-thròm no ro-theith. agus a' fagail fhàrdaichean 'n gual 'n a
dhéidh. Rinn Alasdair a Trì, rìgh Alba, suas inntinn gu 'n cuireadh
esan stad air brùidealachd nan Lochlunnach, agus gu 'n ciosnaicheadh e
na h-Eileanan an Iar dha fhéin.
'S a bhliadhna 1263, chuir e tairgse-còmhraig gu Haco rìgh Lochluinn,
bha Haco ro-dheònach, agus ann a' mios no dhà thainig e le trì chiad
bìrlinn agus dh' acraich e faisg air an Leargaidh Ghallda.
Tha fhios againn uile mar thachair, rinn stoirmean agus doinninn na
Lùnasdail an gnothuch air cabhlach Haco, bhriseadh iad 'n am mìle clàr
air cladaichean a' Chuain an Iar, thug e fhéin suas an deò 'n ath
bhliadha, agus cheannaich rìgh Alasdair na h-Eileanan an Iar bho làimh
Lochluinn 's a' bhliadhna 1266, an déidh dhoibh a bhi fo 'n cìs fad
chóig ciad bliadhna.
Cha 'n e mhàin gu 'n do dh' fhàg na Lochlunnaich an làrach air ainmean
nan àitheachan an Leòdhas, ach dh' fhàg iad an sliochd 'n an déidh
cuideachd. Tha 'n t-Ollamh Beddoes, a rinn móran rannsachaidh air
freumh gach tréibh ag ràdh mar so:
"Coinnichidh tri seorsachan dhaoine ruinn an Leòdhas. Tha na
Lochlunnaich ann, daoine móra, foghainteach, fínealta, le falt
buidhe-bhàn agus sùilean gorma. Tha muinntir Nis gu léir de'n treubh
so.
"Tha daoine beaga tiugh ann, le srón chutach, falt dubh, agus air
uairibh sùilean dubha, agus tha 'n àite-còmhnuidh am Barabhas, agus
aig an treas seorsa tha pearsachan calma, gun a bhi ro àrd, aodann
fada, mórchnàmhach, sròn fhada charach bhiorach, sùilean liatha agus
falt dubh. 'S e mo bheachd gur h-e siol nan Lochlunnach a tha fhathast
timchioll Steòrnabhaigh ged a bhàthadh an cànain leis a' Ghàidhlig bho
chionn iomadh ann".
Tha sinn de 'n bheachd gu 'n deanadh cùnntas an Ollaimh so mu
threubhan Leòdhais an gnothuch glé mhath airson aoin sam bith de na
h-Eileanan an Iar, ged is dòcha nach 'eil an aon uibhir de fhuil nan
Lochlunnach 's gach aon diubh.
'N uair a rinn righrean Albainn agus Lochluinn an cùmhnant ceannaich
airson na h-Eileanan an Iar, thugadh a dha roghainn do gach
Lochlunnach a bha ann an seilbh air còir sam bith 's na h-Elleanan an
uair sinn - dh' fhaodadh e dol dhachaidh gu Lochlunn, agus a chuid
uile 'thoirt leis, air neo fuireach far an robh e agus tighinn gu
sìtheil fo riaghladh Rìgh Alasdair, le maitheanas saor airson
ar-a-mach sam bith a rinn e roimhe sin.
Thugadh Leòdhas agus an t-Eilean Sgiathanach do Uilleam, Iarla Rois a
Dhà, agus chum esan iad fo chìs do Rìgh Alba.
Bha Eilean Leòdhais ré chiad gu leth bliadhna 'na dhéidh sin fo
riaghlidh Iarlan Rois. Cha 'n fhaic sinn a' bheag sam bith ann an
eachdraidh timchioll air na bliadhnaibh sin. Bha Ghàidhlig a'
buadhachadh gach bliadhna, bha 'n eaglais a nis Ceilteach, agus thug
sin adhartas nach bu bheag do 'n chànain.
Bha Iarlan Rois glé chumhachdach. Bha 'n daingneach laidir ann am
Baile-dhuthaich 's bha móran iochdaran aca, mar bha clann 'Icleoid
Leòdhais 's na h-Earradh, a bha 'n ùghdarras air Asaint bho Thuath
agus Glinn-eilge.
An déidh sin 'n uair a bha Tighearnais Leòdhais ag atharrachadh bho
Chlann an t-Sagairt gu Clann Dhomhnuill, Stiubhartaich, Clann an
Fhleisdeir, agus a ris gu Clann Dhomhnuill, b' e Clann 'Icleoid a bha
'n an cinn-cinnidh air an Eilean. Faodaidh sinn eadhon a ràdh gur
h-ann an Leòdhas a chinnich Clann 'Icleoid. Tha móran de 'n bbeachd
gur h-ann á Lochlunn a thainig iad an toiseach.
Tha'n eachdraidh chumanta aca 'g ràdh gu 'n d' thainig an cinneadh bho
dhithis bhràthrean, Torcull agus Tormod, Clann Leoid, a bha beò 's an
treas linn diag. B' e Leod so mac Olaibh Dhuibh rìgh an Eilein
Mhanainneich agus nan Eileanan eile, a phòs Nicrailt Armuinn leis an
d'fhuair a Dùnbheagain mar thochradh, far am bheil ceann-cinnidh
Chloinn 'Icleoid aig an latha 'n diugh.
Bha Leod 'n a uachdaran air Leòdhas agus air an Eilean Sgiathanach,
agus 'n uair a chaochail e roinneadh 'oighreachd eadar a dhithis mhac.
Fhuair Torcull Leòdhas, agus Tormod an t-Eilean Sgiathanach agus mar
sin 's e clann an dithis bhràithrean a tha 'n Clann 'Icleoid Leòdhais,
siol Thorcuill, agus Clann 'Icleoid an Eilein Sgiathanaich, siol
Thormoid.
Fhuair Ruairidh Macleoid Eilean Leòdhais 'n a làmhan fhéin an uair a
thainig cumhachd Tighearna nan Eileanan gu neo-ni, agus bha
'theaghlach a' riaghladh an eilein ciad bliadhna. An deireadh a latha
bha e ann an sith ris an righ, oir tha cunntas againn an eachdraidh,
gu 'n chuir e làmh ri cùmhnant a thug an rìgh do Iarla
Earra-ghàidheil.
An uair a chaochail e, ghabh a mhac Torcull 'àite, agus anns a'
bhliadhna sin fhéin fhuair e 'n a bhàillidh air Tròtairnis agus
Dùnthuilm 's an Eilean Sgiathanach. Phòs e nighean Iarla
Earra-ghàidheil agus mar sin rinn e taobh mór ri Domhnull Dubh, mac
peathar na mnà aige, agus oighre Tighearna nan Eileanan.
Bha Domhnull Dubh 'n a phriosanach fad a bheatha gus an dotheich e do
Leòdhas 's a' bhliadhna l5Ol. Cbaidh priomh-chinnidhean nan eilean fo
bhratach Dhomhnuill, agus thòisich an cogadh mar b' àbhaist. Rinn na
naimhdean ionnsaidh air caisteal Steòrnabhaigh 's a' bhliadhna 1506,
agus ghabh iad sealbh air, agus cha 'n fhaic sinn an còrr mu Thorcull
an eachdraidh.
Fhuair a bhràthair Calum, cùmhnant sgriobhte air Leòdhas cóig bliadhna
'n déidh sin, leis an d' aisigeadh dha, cha 'n a mhàin Leòdhas, ach
Bhatairnis, Asaint bho Thuath, agus a' Choigeach, le caisteal
Steòrnabhaigh mar phriomh-lùchairt.
Tha ùghdarras Chloinn 'Icleoid air Leòdhas a nise tighinn gu crich,
agus mar a ghabhas e creidsinn, cha b' ann gun mhort no gun mhilleadh
a leig iad às an gréim.
Phòs Ruairidh Macleoid, Triath Leòdhais, Seonaid. nighean Iain
Mhicchoinnich, Chinntàile. B' e Torcull Con nach a mhac 'oighre, ach
tha e coltach nach robh e gabhail ris mar oighre dligheach, agus mar
sin rinn e oighre do Thorcull Dubh, mac an treas mnà, nighean Mhic
'Illeathain Dhubbairt. Thòisich an sin cogadh agus aimhreit eadar
Torcull Conanach agus Torcull Dubh, agus fad iomadh bliadhna bha
Leòdhas ann an staid bhrònach agus bhuaireasach.
'S a' bhliadhna 1568, ghlacadh Ruairidh le Torcull Conanach, agus rinn
e priosanach dheth ré cheithir bliadhna, Thug a sin e air beulaobh
comhairle na rioghachd, agus thug e air gu 'n gheall e gu 'n deanadh e
oighre dheth. Rinn Ruairidh sin ach tharruing e air ais a ris a chionn
gu 'm b' ann bho phéin a' bhàis a thugadh air a dheanamh. Ma bha
teaghlach riamh roinnte 'n an aghaidh fhéin b' e sud iad.
Bha cóignear ghillean aig Ruairidh Macleoid. Bha triuir dhiubh air
taobh an athar, agus lean dithis dhiubh ri 'n leth bhràthair, Torcull
Conanach. B' e Niall Macleoid a' fear bu chumhachdaiche dhiubh so. Bha
esan an toiseach le 'athair, ach an déidh làimhe thaobh e ri Torcull
Dubh, agus mur biodh treubhantas Neill tha sinn a' creidsinn nach robh
e comasach do' Thorcull sealbh a chumail air Leòdhas cho fada.
Chaidh Torcull Conanach do 'n Choigeich, agus shuidhich e e fhéin 'n a
uachdaran air sin, air dha cuideachadh fhaighinn bho Chloinn
Mhicchoinnich, Chinntàile. Timchioll air a' bhliadhna 1595, thug
Torcull Dubh ionnsaidh air a bhràthair, an Conanach ann an
Strath-choigeach, agus cha d' fhàg e mart no each, duine no bean no
leanabh, aig Clann 'Icchoinnich Lochbhraoin nach do mharbh e.
Airson an ar-a-mach so, bha'n tòir air Torcull Dubh, agus air do
bhràthair gréim fhaighinn air, chuir e gu bàs e fhéin agus a
luchd-leanmhuinn, 's a' bhliadhna 1597. Bha mhac Torcull, le
cuideachadh Neill, 'n a uachdaran air Leòdhas an déidh sin.
Aig an àm so, chaochail dithis mhac Thorcuill Chonanaich. B' e a
nighean mar sin a b' oighre. Phòs ise bràthair Mhicchoinnich,
Tighearna Chinntàile, agus le sin thug an Conanach suas gach còir a
bh' aige 'n Leòdhas do Thriath Chinntàile. 'S ann air an dòigh sin a
fhuair Clann Mhicchoinnich còir air Leòdhas, ged nach do chuir iad an
còir an cleachdadh gus a' bhliadhna 1610.
'S a' bhliadhna 1596, thainig òrdugh bho 'n Chrùn gu 'm feumadh gach
ceann-cinnidh Gàidhealach an còir dhligheach air an oighreachdan
thoirt am follais don Rìgh, air neo gu 'n d' thoirte uatha iad. Cha d'
rinn Clann 'Icleoid Leòdhais so, agus mar sin-thugadh an t-eilean
uatha, agus thugadh e do na Fiofaich.
Thug na h-uachdarain ùra so ionnsaidh gharbh air an eilean, agus fad
iomadh bliadhna chath iad fhéin agus na Leodaich gu cruaidh, agus bha
brùidealachd thar tomhais 'g a dheanamh air duine agus ainmhidh. Chuir
Niall Macleoid 'n an aghaidh, agus a dh' aindeoin gach ionnsaidh
chumhachdaich a rinneadh air, cha d' thug e suas a dhaingneach. Bha
Triath Chinntàile cuideachd a' cath an aghaidh nam Fiofach, a chionn
gu 'n robh shùil fhéin air an eilean.
Mu dheireadh thall, 'n uair nach robh 'chùis a' dol leis na Fiofaich
cho math 's bu mhath leotha, ghabh iad blas a' chrogain do Leòdhas,
agus bha iad glé thoilichte 'n còir air an eilean a' reic do
Mhacchoinnich, Triath Chinntàile, agus mar sin 's a' bhliadhna 1610,
chaidh an Ridire Ruairidh Macchoinnich, bràthair Triath Chinntàile do
Leòdhas le arm cumhachdach.
Bha móran de threun-fhir nan Leodach air a mort 's a' chath roimhe so,
agus mar sin cha robh iad ach lag fann airson coinneachadh ris na
Sàileich chumhachdach, ach bha ar caraid Niall Macleoid cho treun 's a
bha e riamh, agus rinn e suas inntinn nach leigeadh e as a ghréim air
Leòdhas fhads' a bhiodh an t-anam ann.
'N uair a dh' fhairtlich gach gnothuch air, rinn e a dhaingneach
làidir an eilean Bhearnaraidh, far an do chuir e cruinn stòras mór de
bhiadh agus de dheoch, agus fad thri bliadhna thug e dùbhlan do
chloinn Mhicchoinnich.
Mu dheireadh thad ghoid Ruairidh Chinntàile móran de na mnathan agus
de 'n cloinn a bh' aig Niall am Bearnmaraidh, agus chuir e iad aig
muir tràigh air eilean Bheireiseidh agus bhòidich e gu 'm fàgadh e an
sin iad gus am bàite iad mur géilleadh Niall agus a chuideachd. airson
beatha nam mnathan agus na cloinne shàbhaladh ghéill Niall, agus leis
a' gheilleadh sin thug Clann 'Icleoid suas an còir. gu bràth air
eilean Leòdhais.
Fhuair Niall Macleoid a shaorsa, agus ghabh e fasgadh aig an Ridire
Ruairidh Macleoid, Dhunbheagain, Dh' fhiach Ruairidh ri thoirt an
làthair an rìgh airson maitheanais fhaotainn, ach air a shlighe gu
Sasuinn, fhuaradh a mach gu 'n robh Niall 'n a chuideachd agus
ghlacadh e, airson a thoirt suas do 'n Chrùn. Chrochadh Niall treun am
baile Dhuneideann 's a' bhliadhna 1613. Cha robh aon de'n chinneadh an
Leòdhas riamh a bu treuna, 's a bu dìlse na Niall còir agus tha deagh
chuimhne air an Leòdhas fhathast.
'S e linn charraideach, bhuaireasach fhuileachdach a bha 's na ciad
bliadhna air an robh sinn a' bruidheann. Bha na Leodaich a' cogadh an
aghaidh an naimhdean, agus timchioll an teallaichean fhéin cha robh
sìth no sonas a' riaghladh. 'N uair a ghabh Clann Mhicchoinnich
Chinntàile sealbh air Leòdhas 's a' bhliadhna 1610, fhuair iad gu 'n
robh spiorad agus cumhachd an t-soisgeil marbh.
Chuir iad mar sin 's a' bhliadhna sin fhéin an t-Urr. Fearchar
Macrath, do Leòdhas, airson searmonachaidh an t-soisgeil. Tha e
coltach gu 'm b' e duine iomchuidh a bha so, agus fo theagasg thainig
an t-eilean air aghaidh ann an eolas an Sgriobtuir.
Ged a chaidh Clann 'Icleoid Leòdhais a chur fo chìs le Macchoinnich
Shi-phort, bha iad 'n an sgolb 's an fheoil dha fad iomadh bliadhna.
Gach uair a rachadh airm a' Chrùin do Leòdhas, bhitheadh Clann
'Icleoid a' dol fo 'm bratach an aghaidh Shi-phort, agus bha so a'
cumail suas spiorad na ceannairc a' meagg nan eileanach.
Bha Iarla Shi-phort dìleas do chùis Thearlaich a Dhà an còmhnuidh,
agus cheannaich a chuid fearainn agus a shluagh air sin. Chan 'eil
móran sam bith an eachdraidh mu chùisean Leòdhais bho 1644 gu 1660,
ach tha 'n cùnntas beag a leanas air a thoirt dhuinn leis an Ollamh
Macbheathain, agus tha e coltach gur h-ann an seann leabhar-latha dh'
fhàg neach eigin a fhuair e fhéin e.
"Air an deicheamh latha de 'n Lunasdail 1653, ghabh Còirneal Cobbet le
arm Chromwell, sealbh air an tairbeart (peninsula) air am bheil baile
Steòrnabhaigh air a thogail an diugh, agus air do gach inneal airm a
bha 's an àite bhi air an toirt suas dha, dhaingnich e 'n rudha, agus
dh' fhàg e Maidsear Crispe 'n a uachdaran air Leòdhas le ceithir
reiseamaidean shaighdeirean, dà ghunna-mhór agus ceithir
chroinn-tabhaill.
Air an là mu dheireadh de 'n Fhaoilteach 1654, chuireadh sgeul neònach
do Dhuneideann, gu 'n d' thug Shi-phort le ceithir chiad diag fear,
ionnsaidh air daingneach Steòrnabhaigh agus gun do ghlac e am baile.
Ach air a' cheathramh latha diag de 'n Ghearran 1654, chaidh an sgeul
a dhaingneachadh mar so.
Chaidh Tormod Macleoid air tìr aig Loch Seil, an Leòdhas, le cóig ciad
saighdear, agus air dha bhi am feall - fholach ré cheithir là, an
àit'-éigin, thainig e as am faireachadh air ar saighdeirean a bha air
taobh a muigh na daingnich an Steòrnabhagh, agus mharbh e dusan
dhiubh: chuir reiseamaid a bha 's an daingneach ruaig orra so, thug
iad cobhair do chàch, chuir iad am, biodh do 'n daingneach agus loisg
iad na tighean.
Aig deireadh a' Mhàrt thainig naidheachd gu Dailché gu 'n do mharbh na
saighdeirean a bha 's an daingneach an dream a lean bratach Shi-phort,
chath na Leodaich air aobh an airm againne, agus rinn na sgaraidhean
sin móran dolaidh anns na criochaibh."
Sin ann am beagan bhriathran, neo-iomlan agus cearbach cunntas goirid
air cuid de sheann eachdraidh eilein Leòdhais. 'N uair a smaoinicheas
sinn air cor buaireasach an eilein an uair ud - cor a bha fior mu na
Ghàidhealtachd air fad aig an àm, bu chòir dhuinn a bhi taingeil do 'n
Fhreasdal gu bheil ar beatha-ne ann an linn as sitheile agus as
soirbheachaile.
'S anns 's a' bhliadhna 1098, tha chiad iomradh againn air Eilean
Leòdhais ann an eachdraidh, mar eadar-dhealaichte bho an h-Innse-Ghall
eile.
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