sorry muslim friend. try again.
Muslims claim that the name Allah can be found in the Bible. This is no different than what the Jehovah's Witnesses do for the name Jehovah. Allah is not called Yahweh once in the Koran but neither is Yahweh called Allah in the Bible. So they can't be the same God. Neither is the word Elohim which is applied to Yahweh over 2,500 times in the Bible used in the Koran. Neither is he called I Am, which He said to Moses would be His name forever.
The God of the Bible identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jacobs name is later changed to the name Israel, being the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. The God of the Bible calls Jerusalem the city of David and that the Messiah would descend from his lineage. Neither does the God of the Bible does not mention Mecca or Medina but instead Jerusalem 800 times. Yet Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran, which the Muslim claims as there own.
The God in the Bible is called the God of the Jews, an impossibility with Allah. They are called his chosen people, but they are not Allah's chosen. Allah commands the Muslim to not take the Jews or Christians as friends, Sura.5:51 disdains the Jews. Mohammed said, “The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims kill them.” (Mishkat Al Masabih Sh.M. Ashraf pp.147, 721, 810-11, 1130). So how could Israel inherit the land or any of God's promises from Allah, if he is their God. Clearly he is not the same God of the Bible.
Muslims trying to prove their position from the Bible point to the Old Testament with the word alleluyah, interpreting the first portion of the word alle as Allah. The word [H]alleluyah is not a compound Hebrew word. It is not two words but a singular word meaning praise to Yahweh. (alle- praise, lu-to, yah-Yaweh). The beginning of the word is Hallel meaning praise. This has nothing to do with an Allah, and the last syllable of the word is a reference to Yahweh the God of the Bible, this is hardly any evidence for their assertions. They are also confusing Aramaic with Arabic. This is not unusual, as Muslims will often take words and meanings set in another language and culture and adopt them for proof of their own book or religion.
This word play only gets more ludicrous as they try to have Jesus saying the name of their God. When Jesus was on the cross they claim when he cried out Eli, Eli it was really is Allah, Allah. The New Testament was written in Greek, however it points us to him speaking the Aramaic language, not Arabic. Jesus was quoting Psalm 22:1 which read in full says, Eli, Eli Sabbathani “My God, My God why have you forsaken me.” What makes even less sense for this position is the fact that they don't believe that it was Jesus on the cross in the first place, but that another took His place. Some think it was Judas; so it was Judas crying out Allah, Allah?
The first Arabic translation of the Bible came into existence about the 9th century. Nowhere is the name of Allah found in the Old or New Testament. When Islam became the dominant political force people were coerced to use the name Allah for God or suffer the consequences from the hands of militant Muslims. Because of Islam's dominance Allah became the common name of God. The translators of the Bible gave in to the religious pressures and substituted Allah for Yahweh in the Arabic Bibles, but this is not the name of the God of the Hebrews, nor of the creator who made heaven and earth because of its source in paganism. His nature and attributes have only a few basic similarities and many more differences. And the most important point is that all through the Qu'ran it says Allah has no son.
2006-07-11 09:44:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus called God many things, because he probably spoke two Semitic languages (Hebrew and Aramaic, which are fairly closely related) and two Indo-European languages (Greek and Latin) daily. As mentioned before, Hebrew and Aramaic are very close languages, and share pretty much the same root words. The root letters for "God/god" are "l" and "h". The Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic words for God/god are elohim, alaahaa, and allah, respectively. However, because all Semitic languages are so similar, there would inevitably be very similar words for "God/god". Besides, just like Aramaic and Arabic are two different languages, so are the words alaahaa and allah very different terms.
P.S. Jesus also called God "eli" - my God, when on the cross, and "abba", Father, throughout his lifetime. His last words were "Eli, eli, lmaanaa saabachthaani?", or "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?" (a quote from Psalm 22).
2006-07-11 11:08:50
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answered by Anonymous
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I think you are forgetting that most religions have a God and God is known by many different names. In the Germanic languages the Aramaic word is not used but the concept is the same. Please go back and study language and social history for a refresher. Having love and respect for any higher power is always admirable but being intolerant and know-it-all about peoples beliefs and choices of worship is just plan dangerous. Love thy neighbor, L
2006-07-11 09:43:24
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answered by Lizbiz 5
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Hmm, maybe because Allah means "the one". Jesus tried to teach us, that there is one God, and not many. Even when you probably will not understand it (concerning to your question) we do believe in the same one God.
Both religions believe in Abraham. The split began by following the different sons.One group followed Isaac and the other (what we know now as Islamic religions) followed Ishmael.
2006-07-11 09:52:34
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answered by k.t.400 3
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Allah, God, Yahweh, are the same. The God of Abraham is the God of Jesus is the God of Mohammed. Only the theologies are different, but one thing they all have in common, is the belief in love and tolerance.
2006-07-11 09:42:02
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answered by steppenwolfe_2000 2
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Allah means the devil its some kinda BS those violent Muslims use for a excuse to be rapists and murders god wouldn't want us to do that . that's the devil i think Muslims are of the bad seed that god talks about don't they have gang leaders to they call him Islam or something like that and they all are into worshiping the devil or what ever they call him that's defiantly not god there all bad they have to rape someone just to get into their gang aren't they all racist too??
2006-07-13 05:36:28
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answered by billgressman 2
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There's a word for the color red in some native South American language that sounds a lot like the word for red in Arabic. Does this mean that the Arabs discovered America before Columbus??
Stupid.
2006-07-11 09:37:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Alah is Aramaic for Jehovah.
2006-07-11 09:43:56
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answered by amyvnsn 5
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Allah and God are considered the same by many people...the prophets or messiahs are whats different.
2006-07-11 09:35:24
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answered by kj 7
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I don't know why you people make things so complicated. GOD means ALLAH, just like GOD is DIOS in spanish.... and it's the same as your GOD.
2006-07-11 09:36:01
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answered by Sunny 4
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