Ok, this may make me sound like a complete idiot and I guess I should spend more time studying religion, but are God and Allah supposed to be the same being? If not, then what is the difference? Thanks for the patience!
2006-12-30 06:43:53 · 27 answers · asked by melissa_marie45 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are the same being. Allah means God in Arabic. In Aramaic, Jesus' (pbuh) language, Allah means God. Elohim, the name used for God in a large part of the Old Testament is the Hebrew variant of Allah (Eloh - Allah) with an added royal plural (-im).
Alot of people will try to tell you that Allah is some kind of moon god. This isn't true. This was born out of an anti-Muslim campaign. People saw that Muslim countries used the crescent in their national symbols. This was because the crescent was only the symbol of the Ottoman Empire. In fact, the Qur'an speaks of how both the sun and moon are subservient to Allah.
2006-12-30 07:12:23 · answer #1 · answered by Michael M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To Muslims, there is no difference, Allah is God.
To some Christians, Allah is God, the majority, Allah is an invention by man, to a few, Allah is a creation of the Christian Devil.
To Hindu's, they are really both avatars of Vishnu or Brahma, can't remember which off the top of my head.
To Atheists, they are both figments of the human imagination.
To others they are other things.
To some they are both just dead end beliefs.
I guess this is where the problem come from. Far too many people want everyone to believe in their version and vision of god, and do not want others to have their own beliefs.
2006-12-30 06:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by whatotherway 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The difference is simply the language. God is the English word for God and Allah is the Arabic word for God. They are not different Gods or separate Gods, simply God, Allah one and the same. Almighty creator and ruler of the Universe.
2006-12-30 07:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Allah means God. Muslims prefer using Allah because the word Allah stands alone unlike the word God which can be associated with other words such as Godfather, Godmother, Godson etc. Same cannot be done with the word Allah.
2006-12-30 06:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by A fan 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Allah is the Arabic word for God. It's a generic word, like "God" in English. Most English speakers use the word "God" to refer to the Supreme Being, even tho people of various faiths and levels of understanding have different ideas as to what that word "God" means. That is, when an English speaking Christian or Neopagan or Panthiest or Athiest says "God", they all mean some sort of Supreme Being, although the ideas each has about tihs S.B. may be very different.
In the same way, most Arabic speakers use the word "Allah" to refer to the Supreme Being, whether they're Moslem or Christian or Panthiest or Athiest or Animist or anything else. Since language is a reflection of culture and culture shapes thought, these concepts may be somewhat different from the corresponding concepts in an English speaker's mind. But they can be just as diverse.
2006-12-30 06:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Allah is the name of God in Islam. They are the same if you are not refering to Jesus as a god. God is One; He is the Creator of the whole universe, Jesus and all the prophets. Allah is just a name.
Peace
2006-12-30 07:00:48 · answer #6 · answered by daliaadel 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nothing.God can be turned into Gods,as in more than one God.It can also be made Goddess.Ilah,is Arabic for God.But Muslims don't say ilah,to make sure of no worship of false deities,because ilah can be made femenine and plural.In Arabic there are two ways to say God.We prefer Allah because it cannot be made femenine, or more than one.And because Allah told us to call him Allah for that reason.If you are a Christian or a Jew living in a Arabic speaking country,you would also say either ilah,or Allah.
In the Shahadah,We say "La,ilaha,ilah,Allah,or La ilaha ilalah. no- dietiy-(or,no God besides God.)
La,means no.
ilah-ha means Gods
Illah means God
Allah,is the unchangeable form of God,or,ilah.
2006-12-30 06:54:55 · answer #7 · answered by cherokeet_girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
god and allah are both god to their religious followers
God is a supreme being to muslims it is allah
to christians it is the trinity (god the father, son, and holy spirit)
Allah and God are the same thing but are different to Christians and Muslims
2006-12-30 06:47:56 · answer #8 · answered by Indio 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Same meaning. The question only asked for the meaning not opinion of whether you think islam is true or false.
there are 99 other names of Allah but they refer to the same.
2006-12-30 06:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there NOT the same because read and compare these two in the Bible and Qur'an. thats all i can say, they are 2 totally different 'gods'. God of abraham and isaac is the one true God
also: allah has no son, God of chrisitanity has a Son.
2006-12-30 06:47:44 · answer #10 · answered by Nikki 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋