It is a known fact that every language has one or more terms that are used in reference to God and sometimes to lesser deities. This is not the case with Allah. Allah is the personal name of the One true God. Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no plural or gender. This shows its uniqueness when compared with the word "god," which can be made plural, as in "gods," or made feminine, as in "goddess." It is interesting to notice that Allah is the personal name of God in Aramaic, the language of Jesus and a sister language of Arabic.
2006-07-26 13:56:45 · 12 answers · asked by Helen 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://sultan.org/articles/god.html
2006-07-26 14:03:59 · update #1
What's your point? That only Muslims worship the "true" God?
2006-07-26 13:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Sushiboy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually, the word for God in Aramaic is "AL-ILAH" . That was the title for “God” as used by Aramaic speaking believers at the time of Jesus. But even if it was exactly the same name, I can't see what difference does that make. Don't you believe there is only one God whatever name people call him?
2006-07-26 14:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by Pedro ST 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah is a generic word for God. But which God? Every religion has a God....God says in Exodus that He is YHWY, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.....which is not the same God as the Muslims.
2006-07-26 14:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by storge07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the same as
Spanish Dios
French Dieu
German Gott
Italian Dio
Dutch De god
Portuguese Deus
Russian Бог
Norwegian Gud
In the Quran in Arabic there are 99 names for God.
2006-07-26 14:00:28 · answer #4 · answered by Layla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes sense............. especially considering the roots of Islam are Hebrew.
Shiites were a tribe of Hebrews at one time that claimed to be decendant from the "other" son of Abraham. (The illegitimate one) Several other tribes branched from the one tribe as well. (most of which have either dissapeared or converted to Islam and merged with larger tribes or clans).
Alot of the Quran actually coincides and recognizes a great deal of the Old Testament. And the Bible mentions alot of the same events in the Quran. It wasn't till Muhammed that a true and defined split came about. Before.....they were just rival tribes of Arabs......Now they are well.......rival NATIONS of Arabs.
2006-07-26 14:18:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called language evolution. In your example thier god has a personal first name. That's like saying Jesus is a title and not a name.
2006-07-26 14:01:08 · answer #6 · answered by nevyn55025 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah its an interesting fact, but that doesn't make Allah the same "god" as the Christian God.
2006-07-26 14:00:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is called Yahoo Answers which should imply that you have to ask a question... not make statements. Do you have a source for said knowledge?
2006-07-26 14:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by jasenlee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it Yahweh?
The different names for GOD in the Christian religion denote characteristics of HIM.
2006-07-26 14:13:16 · answer #9 · answered by reignydey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was Yahweh Elohim...
2006-07-26 13:59:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋