Repition of fiction gets you nowhere.

Submitted by Amin Riaz (United Kingdom), Jan 24, 2012 at 17:53

وقد زعم بعضُ أهل الغَباء أنّ العرب كانت لا تعرف "الرحمن"، ولم يكن ذلك في لغتها (1) ولذلك قال المشركون للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: (وَمَا الرَّحْمَنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا) [سورة الفرقان: 60]

The fuller text explained they denied "Ar- Rahman" the whole concept of deity. Not just that it was in their language.

Unfortunately that is problematic for you:

http://answering-islam.org/Responses/Saifullah/rahman_deity.htm

How many times have you maintained the moon god theory?

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R H M is a common root. R A H M A N is a common pattern - so why would it be load word from Syriac?

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This root stretches to Aramaic - the parent of both languages... it is a common root.

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You also got your self into a muddle - with mixing R H M root with H B B - now that goes to bed too.

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