If "Allah" is the Arabic word for god (which is a noun)....?

Question

I saw a "question" earlier (which was actually just a statement) that says... since Allah is the Arabic word for god, that automatically means that Jews and Christians worship the same god.

Notice how I didn't capitalize god? When it's used as a name, I type it like this...

God

When Allah is translated, it means "the god". Correct me if I'm wrong, but God's name is stated in the Old Testament as YHWH, which roughly transliterates to Yahweh. THAT is a name...God's name, according the the Jews.

Now, when Americans and Europeans play FOOTBALL, are they playing the same game?

Oh, joy.

Poki Poki's answer is the typical Qur'anic pasting session which has NOTHING to do with my question. Lead paint chips should not be a part of anyone's diet. See what happens?

Answer 1

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Allah is Aramaic...NOT Arabic. hello??

This is the Muslim goof.

I'll wait for a while, before I give you a 1/2 GIG info, on Islam Aramaic error.

.Actually, I'll give you a little now. I always did hate "suspense myself. :)

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.

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Now. explain this muslims:

In Isaiah 9:6-7, it says, Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. And what is the name of this son? The "Mighty God" in the next verse.

JESUS CHRIST IS: "THE MIGHTY GOD"

Isaiah vs 6:
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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Answer 2

There is only one God but there are numerous names for God. Allah is one of the best names because it means " The One " or " The Self-Existent ". Mohammad felt it was very important to remind people of this truth and prevent squabbling. But I see that we are still squabbling.------Let us remember that God by any other name is still God...just as a rose by any other name is still a rose...and focus on the reality that is God/Allah/Yahweh/Bhagwan/etc. rather than play the name game! Best wishes. Philip.

Answer 3

ALLAH is really a conjugation of two words AL or THe and ILAH or God. AL ILAH is ultimately Allah. The whole concept of capital izing is an English/Western phenomenon largely and is not found in many languages of the East. In such languages can you not write YHWH in that case, because then you would be mixing Yhwh or YHWH and equate it to yhwh? Is there a capital and nonCapital in Hebrew itself? Does it ultimately matter?

How can one limit the LORD by the ideosyncracy of one or two or a few languages? ... when the word God itself may have Gothic connotations which means the word God or god may have a pagan origin.

My real answer to you is this. A child who is born and is a year old may not know the name of his mom, but he still knows his mom. He may call her mama or mum or gaga goo goo or whatever he can muster. He knows who he is calling and the mom knows who is being called. Indeed when she is filling out a form, she may not write her name as how she is being called by the child, but she may not punish the child for not saying her name just right either.

Besides, the Lord Almighty is AnCIENT!! Before the first man was born, he was. Thus before the first letters of ANY LANGUAGE were formed, he existed. How can one become obsessed with something temporal for someone so ancient that no language existed when he was in FULL GLORY!! Does it mean that because there was no one to take his name, he spoke Hebrew? Remember that all animals know who their mom is. They do not have to speak words.

The concept of the LORD ALMIGHTY can not be limited based on a language and its many limitations.

I hope this answers your question.

Answer 4

As I understand it, Allah is god in Arabic. He was also a pre-Islamic god of the moon. Mohammed used him to create his new religion. But, this is not the same as the Christian God. See the link:

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.htm

From the link:

The pagan Arabs worshipped the Moon-god Allah by praying toward Mecca several times a day; making a pilgrimage to Mecca; running around the temple of the Moon-god called the Kabah; kissing the black stone; killing an animal in sacrifice to the Moon-god; throwing stones at the devil; fasting for the month which begins and ends with the crescent moon; giving alms to the poor, etc.

The Muslim's claim that Allah is the God of the Bible and that Islam arose from the religion of the prophets and apostles is refuted by solid, overwhelming archeological evidence. Islam is nothing more than a revival of the ancient Moon-god cult. It has taken the symbols, the rites, the ceremonies, and even the name of its god from the ancient pagan religion of the Moon-god. As such, it is sheer idolatry and must be rejected by all those who follow the Torah and Gospel.

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This is still evident today in muslim flags. The symbol of Islam is a crescent moon.

Answer 5

There is God and then there is Deity. God exist at many levels in a given society. There is the God of the Culture which is defined by the institutional religions. This is the God of the Jews, or of the Christians, or of Islam. That God is the codifier of the Culture, the ultimate expression of the Culture. That God gives final authority to what the given culture says is right and what is wrong. Beyond, and apart, from that God is the Devinne, that spiritual entity who sings as one with the soul of the individual. Hence at the individual level there are many Gods; each is an expression of what the individual perceives.

As to YHVH: That is Yod-Hay-Vov-Hay. The trick is to pronounce the Vov. Somewhere the sound of the vov was brought down to us as a "w" sound. I can't see how this is legitimate since no one recorded the sound some 2,000 years ago. I'd prefer the "v" sound as written. It would be Yahvah.

God pays American Football. Allah plays European Football. The Gods play Rugby.

Hope that helps clear things up.

Blessed be.

Answer 6

when the word "noun", is defined,it denotes a person,place,or thing.All of these fall under the title of creation.And since Allah has described His Self as "Al-KHalaaq",The Creator,meaning He originates creation, and yet He is not from creation.We have been allowed to understand the wisdom of Allah, when He sent the final revelation down He revealed the Name in which the people who had 360 deities,or "gods" had in their language a word for 'One God", which is Allah.So, since 360 degrees forms a perfect circle, we can reason that the Arab people, before the Qur'an was revealed, were completely encircled in ignorance.They had represented every type of false type of worship that,even today has yet to match.The only major difference, the knowledge had not yet came for correction.So as it was then, it is now,whoso ever hears the message of Islam, has an obligation to accept it or reject it.And each choice already has it's ends decreed.

Answer 7

Allah in Arabic Grammar Has no noun for it Meaning also Allah is One and One alone Allah is God and the Creator of all things.... Well The do not worship the same as Christians because in Christianity they commit Shirk Meaning the Add partners to God and worship other than Him. Jews Worship one God only as well as in Islam

Answer 8

god... a diety.. (allows plurality)
God...The diety (no plurality)

Arabic:

iIlah... a diety (allows plurality)
Allah The diety

now if you were to look at the shahadah..it says

La iIlaha illa llah
No god except God...


Allah is not a specific name, ie "the god of islams name is Allah" In different languages there are different words for god. I believe If the quran was revealed in english you would see God everywhere you see Allah.


Allah was a term that was used before the advent of islam. Its the arabic word for god.

The evidence of this is the following verse.


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"If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the earth. They will certainly say, "Allah". Say: "Praise be to Allah!" But most of them understand not."

So the people prior to islam called god Allah.


Now god doesn't have a name as we consider names. I may be called john doe so as to distinguish me from others, often the names have no connotation. God is distinguished from others by his attributes and these amount to the 99 names of Allah in islam.

When you call on god by whatever name he knows you are calling him. He doesn't need a name to know when you are talking to him.

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"The most beautiful names belong to Allah: so call on him by them; but shun such men as use profanity in his names: for what they do, they will soon be requited."

Answer 9

I am a Christian (notice I capitalized ) and I believe in God...but the muslims call me an infedel and want to take over my country and make it an Islamic state. So I can conclude that they don't believe in the same God that I do. Because God does not want me eliminated.,,but apparently allah does want me eliminated.
The football analogy is irrelevant...because most Europeans and Americans are Christian and pray to the same God.
THIS WAS A GREAT QUESTION THANKS FOR ASKING

Answer 10

this question is ridiculous. way back in the day, Muslims refferred to Christians and Jews and "people of the book" all three religions claimed to believe in the same god but worshipped him in different ways. Im not sure if this is still true, but Muslims treat the Old Testament as holy book.

islamic extremists, jihad-ists, and fundamentalists, though an extremely small percentage of muslims today, have distorted and skewed this public opinion.