I understand that Muslims do not recognize the divinity of Jesus Christ.
But do they believe Allah is the same person as Jehovah, Yahweh, or God the Father of the Bible New Testament?
2006-12-13 02:20:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If the jews and the christians believe in One God who is Unseen and Controls the affairs of every single creatures in this universe, then yes Muslims consider Allah to be the same! Because there is no God but Allah. Anyone who believes in One God, believes in Allah. Allah is an arabic name for God that all of His Messengers used to call on Him.
Now with the trinity (father, holy ghost, etc.), that's a different story. We do not believe in 3 in 1. We believe in only One who has no son or partner!
Hope i answered you well!
2006-12-13 02:24:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Allah is just the Arabic name for what the Jews and Christians call Yahweh and Jehovah. By the way, Muslims consider Jesus a prophet.
2006-12-13 02:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by tangerine 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In Arabic, the word "God" with a capital "G" means "Allah." Ilah = god and Allah = God. In the Bible, YHWH = Jehovah = God. If we translated this word "God" to Arabic, we still get Allah (God). Jehovah is Hebrew and means "I Am What I Am" which also means "God." These words are, in principle, the same. As a matter of fact, the Arabic Bible has the word "Allah" in it. The very first verse of the entire Bible begins like this in Arabic: [Genesis 1:1] "Fee al-badi' khalaqa Allahu as-Samaawaat wa al-ard" - Arabic [Genesis 1:1] "In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth" - English As you can see, it is due to language. The Qur'an was revealed in Arabic and the Old Testament was revealed in Hebrew, which is why Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses use different translations of the word "God."
2016-03-29 05:41:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They make that claim but the truth is very different.
Allah simply means 'god'. It is not a name. The truth is that Mohammed chose who he thought was the most powerful god from the Arab pantheon of 365 gods and elevated it to the status of the one true god. This god (more likely a goddess...isn't that ironic) was the Arab Moon god, hence the crescent moon as the symbol of Islam. The Kaaba in the grand mosque has 365 niches carved into the sides where the idols of these gods once stood.
Why did Mohammed choose the moon god? Well, so much of Islam was stolen from Judaism and then perverted, this idea was as well. Mohammed knew that the Jews 'sanctified the moon' every month. Thus, he thought that's who the Jews worship. The truth is that the first commandment given to the Jews as a nation was the 'sanctification of the moon' so as to set the calendar. Mohammed missed this latter part as exhibited by the fact that the Islamic calendar is never intercalated to stay in sync with the solar year.
2006-12-13 03:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
The term "Allah" simply means "the [one] god", implying a single Almighty deity reminiscent of the Judeo-Christian "Yahweh" / "Jehovah". However, it is significant that "Allah" is clearly NOT a personal name, while the Hebrew Tetragrammaton clearly *IS* a personal name for Almighty God.
It's not exactly wrong to call the Almighty by the impersonal "God", just as it's not wrong to call one's offspring "Child". Faithful men of the Holy Scriptures used both "God" and a form of "Jehovah" when they referred to and addressed the Almighty. However, the term "Allah" seems intended specifically to reject Judeo-Christian spiritual heritage.
If we want a familiar and close relationship, it makes sense to use the personal name of someone we love. The Scriptures encourage us to use God's personal name.
The Hebrew name “Yahweh” (or “Yehowah”) does seem to accurately pronounce the divine name. Just as the Hebrew name “Yeshua” (or “Yehoshua”) is translated into “Jesus” in English, the Hebrew name “Yahweh” is translated into “Jehovah” in English.
The important thing is to use God’s personal name in whatever language you speak, rather than insisting upon the impersonal! The name “Yahweh” is certainly preferable to the non-name “God” or “Lord”, especially if you speak Hebrew. If you speak English, feel free to use the name "Jehovah".
(Psalms 83:18) That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth
(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/na/index.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/na/
2006-12-13 05:20:41 · answer #5 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're having a problem with the semantics of the word 'god'. Do Greeks worship a false god because they worship (I believe...) Θεός? Or Germans because they worship Gott? How about Chinese who worship 上帝 ?
To get past the semantics, ask by name. When Moses asked what God's name was, God responded, "I Am Who Am" which is the source the te tetragrammaton, YHVH. So specifically ask a Muslim, "Do you worship YHVH, that is, the great I Am Who Am?" And the answer you will get is yes, they worship the God of Abraham and the God of Moses. They do consider Jesus the Messiah, but understand that Messiah, according to prophecy, was to be a MAN, not a part of God, not God himself.
2006-12-13 02:25:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They believe in the prophets Adam, Abraham, Jesus, Mohammed, etc. I'm sure I'm missing a few. The Qu'ran just says that Jews broke the Covenant, Christians covered up some stuff so then there was the Qur'an to retell all the same stories in the bible, just slightly different.
2006-12-13 02:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by Crystal P 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
God said that whoever denies His Son Jesus, denies the Father. That is the written proof that a Muslim's god is not Jehovah, Yahweh, or God the Father of the New Testament.
2006-12-13 02:24:07 · answer #8 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Of course!!! Don't you know that the three great monotheistic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) believe in the very same God?...Not only the same God, even the same prophets!...The Old Testament is the book from which these 3 Faiths stem!
2006-12-13 02:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by Love_my_Cornish_Knight❤️ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You got it.
They, like the x-ians and the Jews believe in a monotheistic god.
In the Koran, Adam and Eve, Abraham, etc. are mentioned. As well as everyone’s favorite fallen angel Shatan (Satan).
So Muslims, X-ians, Jews are all worshiping the same god.
How ironic.
2006-12-13 02:25:24 · answer #10 · answered by dopeadevil23 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋