1. To Allah belongs the Most Beautiful Names
The Glorious Qur’an says in Surah Isra chapter 17 verse 110
"Say: ‘Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names.‘"
[Al-Qur’an 17:110]
You can call Allah by any name, but it should be a beautiful name,should not conjure up a mental picture, and should have qualities that only Allah possesses.
2. Water can be called by differnt names in different languages but something else besides water cannot be called water in another language.
You can call water by various names in different languages, like water in English, paani in Hindi, tanni in Tamil, mai in Arabic, apah in Sanskrit, jal in Shudh Hindi, jal or paani in Gujrati, pandi in Marathi, neer in Kannad, neeru in Telugu, vellam in Malayalam, etc. If a person tells me that his friend has advised that everyday early in the morning he should have one glass of paani, but he is unable to drink it because when he drinks it, he feels like vomiting. On enquiry he says that the paani stinks and it is yellowish in colour. Later I realise that what he is referring to as paani is not water but urine. Thus you can call water by different names having the same meaning but you cannot call other things as water or paani.
People may think that the example is not realistic and I agree with them because even an ignorant person knows the difference between water and urine. He will have to be a fool to call urine ‘water’. Similarly when any person who knows the correct concept of God, sees people worshipping false gods, he naturally wonders how a person cannot differentiate between a true God and false gods.
3. Purity of Gold is not verified by calling it by different names in different languages but rubbing it against a Touchstone.
In the same way, gold can be called sona in Hindi, gold in English, dhahaba in Arabic. Inspite of knowing all these different names for gold, if a person wants to sell you his gold jewellery and says this is 24 carat pure sona, you will not blindly believe, without verifying it with a goldsmith. The goldsmith confirms whether it is gold or not with the help of a touchstone. The yellow glittering jewellery may not be gold, because all that glitters is not gold.
4. Surah Ikhlas is the Touchstone of Theology.
Similarly, any person or candidate who is called God cannot be accepted as the true God without verifying him with the touchstone. The touchstone of theology, that is study of God, is Surah Ikhlas chapter 112 of the Holy Qur’an which says:
"Say, ‘He is Allah, The One and Only; Allah, The Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not Nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him.’’’
[Al-Qur’an 112:1-4]
5. Any candidate who passes the Acid test can be called God.
Any candidate who claims to be God and fits in this four line definition, passes the Acid test, is entitled to be called God and worshipped as God.
Suppose a lunatic says that Muhammad (pbuh) is God, (God forbid). Let’s put him to the test of Surah Ikhlas.
i. "Kul hu allah hu ahad" – Say He is Allah, The One and Only;
Is Muhammad (pbuh) one and only? No! he was not the only messenger. There were many other messengers.
ii. "Allah hus Samad" – Allah, The Eternal, Absolute;
We know that Muhammad (pbuh) had to undergo many hardships. Though he was the mightiest messenger of God, he died at the age of 63 and was buried in Madeenah.
iii. "Lam ya lid wa lam yulad" – He begetteth not Nor is He begotten;
We know that he was born in Makkah and his parents were Abdullah and Aaminah. He even had several children e.g. Fatimah, Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with them), etc.
iv. "Wa lam ya kullahu kufuwan ahad" – And there is none like unto Him.
Though all the Muslims love and revere the Prophet (pbuh) and are supposed to follow each and every of his commandments, yet you will not find a single Muslim in the whole world, who in his senses will ever say that Muhammad (pbuh) is God. The Islamic Creed is, "La illaha illallah Muhammadur Rasoolullah", which means that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad (pbuh) is the messenger of Allah. This is repeated five times a day during the call for prayer, so that the Muslims are reminded daily that although they respect and obey him, he is only a Messenger and servant of God, and not God Himself.
6. Verify the Gods you worship.
Now that we have explained to you how to use the touchstone of theology it is the duty of everyone to verify with this touchstone, whether the gods that they worship are true or false
2007-01-19 22:32:54
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answered by amu_abdallaah 4
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God is one and we all know that. It's just that people have different actions they do towards him and different stories to show that this one is the God. I am a Muslim and i do worship Allah. And i know that we can call him names like Rahman, Raheem and i think you probably know what these two mean. We also can call him Malik Al Mulk which mean the owner of the everything. I ---AM--- a Muslim and I don't abuse other religions nor their actions towards God. I only hate one type of people which are religion abusers. How many million people have I seen insult other religions in a bad way. For example they say: "Islam is stupidly wrong". They just make no sense! They abuse without caring.
2014-03-02 02:27:23
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answered by Barrow demone 1
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Allah and God are essentially the same father-type deity, though we view them very differently.
Jesus was the son of God, though Muslims don't recognize this. For some reason, they have to try to put Mohammed in there somehow to prop up his fame.
The Bhagwan Shri Roshnish was a guy in Oregon who owned a lot of cars.
Ultimately, I think there are about 6 billion different opinions in the world for who and what God is, and as we grow older, our opinions converge if we honestly pursue knowledge of him.
2007-01-19 22:31:32
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answered by Anonymous
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God is real, others are Fake
God didn't create religions, people did. God created a way for people to come back to Him, this way is the only way, Jesus the Christ, who believe in Him shall not be perish.
all religion no matter how it appear the real and the truth and the wonderful religion, its fake because the way to God is not in it.
2007-01-19 22:46:50
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answered by الحقيقة 4
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god Allah and bhagwan are same because we use different languages
lord can not be more than one and the name are used for call . Lord can be describe by himself ,not a single one can. the accurate name and correct definition because we are not know the whole knowledge.
lord can
2015-07-24 22:23:08
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answered by manoj 1
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Only The Indivisible ONE Abrahamic God The Creator is the right God, because He says so.
Peace and Love
2007-01-20 02:21:19
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answered by mil's 4
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Good question.
The word is completely different though,
I think people want to be acceptable in Gods eyes,what makes God happy with you?some people say this pleases God and that something else makes him unhappy,people want to live their lives in accordance with Gods teachings,
Thats where the differences really are,
God is God to all people.
2007-01-19 23:02:32
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answered by ? 3
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It is learnt through Bible that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and He is the one who came as saviour for the world after the sins of mankind ,
Lord Jesus said I am the way the truth and light of the world and He is true God who said I am the Only One God for all mankind.
2007-01-19 23:56:51
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answered by david j 5
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I totally agree with you.God ,is one for u,me and everyone.It doesnt matter wot u call him.If u love Him u can call him by any name u like.People may not agree with me but i think, just as u can call your mother,father ,brother,sister or your son with any sweet name u like if u love them.Same can be done wit God,but key u most be in love with God.U must consider Him as a part of you.
2007-01-19 23:15:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus is the only one out of all of them who is still not in the grave, the only one resurrected. Hundreds saw Him after his Crucifixion and its also documented in writings other then the bible. If it were a hoax of some kind and Jesus was NOT dead the Pharisees of the day would of made that VERY clear, but they couldn't.
2007-01-19 22:34:44
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answered by TNT 3
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I think "God" is same no matter what religion you believe, but all the religions are slightly different and this is why religions conflict with each other...
2007-01-19 22:31:38
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answered by **systematic_girl** 2
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