What is the difference between god and allah?

Answer 1

Language. 'God' is the English name, 'Allah' is the Arabic name.

Answer 2

Spelling 'Allah' is 'God' just in Aramaic

you know how ridiculous this question looks to Aramiac + English speaking christians that live in Egypt?

Its like saying what is the difference between Allah and Allah.

Answer 3

the differnce between GOD AND ALLAH is that the english word god actually is a title for the supreme being .
Allah on the other hand is an arabic word and it is actually a name for god.
In the xtian world there are also many names for God such as Jehovah , Jah etc.
so in summary god is a title, while allah is actully a name.

Answer 4

Jews and Christians call him God (a generic name). Allah is interpreted as god also. It refers to god of the same monotheistic group. Allah is the god of Jews, Christians, and Moslems. It is because Allah is the god of Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael also.

Answer 5

They're the same. Allah is the arabic translation of God

Answer 6

God has female "goddess"
God can be plural "gods"
and what not

ALLAH: ALLAH is the proper name in Arabic for The One and Only God, The Creator and Sustainer of the universe. It is used by the Arab Christians and Jews for the God (Eloh-im in Hebrew; 'Allaha' in Aramaic, the mother tongue of Jesus, pbuh). And in Hinduism God is known as Allah in Rigveda bk2 hym1 v11, Rigveda bk3 hym30 v10, Rigveda bk9 hym67 v30. And there is a separate Upanishad named Alloh Upanishad. The word Allah does not have a plural or gender. Allah does not have any associate or partner, and He does not beget nor was He begotten.

Answer 7

I wouldn't say Christians and Jews have the same God as Muslims. Allah was an Arab idol who Mohamed tried to reinvent as YHWH, by combining Arab paganism with Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and even Buddhism.

They are not derived from the same source. Allah is a variation of Ba'al.

Answer 8

My friend the one true God exist in heaven and has angels and all the universe under his control, that God Allah lives only on paper and exist in the hallways of the human mind

Answer 9

You didn't capitalize the word god!

Therefore you are referring to all the non-Christian gods! Clearly, for this reason alone, there is no comparison between the old Viking god, Thor, or Shiva the destroyer, ad infinitum and Allah.

1 Cor 8:5, 6 "For, if indeed there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth,—as indeed there are gods many and lords many, 6Yet, to us, there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and, we, for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and, we, through him.

Your intended question (?) touches upon the difference between the Christian teachings and Moslem ones.

Answer 10

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura discusses the etymology of the word Allah or Bhagavan in his book, Jaiva Dharma. Few excerpts from that,

He whom you call Allah, we call Bhagavan. Both these words refer to the same Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is called by different names in the Koran, the Puranas, and in different countries and languages. The name that best expresses all the qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead should be accepted. That is why we favor the name Bhagavan over Allah, Brahman, Paramatma and all other names. The word Allah means 'He who has no superior'. We do not call superiority the best of the Lord's qualities. We say that wonderfulness is the best of His qualities. To be very big is certainly very wonderful. However, the opposite, to be very small, is also very wonderful. Therefore the name Allah does not reach to the highest limit of the Lord's wonderful qualities. The word Bhagavan, hower, refers to all wonderful qualities human beings can know. It puts them all in one word. The ultimate of greatness and the ultimate of smallness are only one feature of Bhagavan. That He is the master of all potencies is a second feature of Bhagavan. Whatever a human being thinks is impossible, His inconceivable potency can easily accomplish. It is by the power of His inconceivable potency that He both has a form and does not have a form. If we say that He does not have a form, then we deny His inconceivable potency. By His inconceivable potency He has a form and He enjoys pastimes with His devotees eternally. Allah, Brahman and Paramatma are formless, therefore They do not have these wonderful features. Bhagavan is all-auspicious and all- famous. His pastimes are sweet like nectar. Bhagavan is sublimely handsome. With spiritual eyes, the liberated souls gaze on His handsomeness. Bhagavan has all knowledge. He is pure and perfect. He is beyond the touch of matter. His form is spiritual. He is beyond the maeial elements, or 'byut'. Although He is the creator of the material world, Bhagavan is untouched by matter. He is independent. The word Bhagavan means "He who has six opulences'. Bhagavan has two features: 1. opulence and 2. sweetness. The feature of sweetness is the best friend of the spirit souls. He is the Lord of our hearts. He is Krsna or Caitanya. Therefore if someone says that the word of an imaginary form of Bhagavan is 'byut' worship, or worship of matter, that is not in opposition to our philosophy. The Vaisnava religion teaches that one should worship the Lord's eternal form (which is perfectly spiritual). According to the Vaisnava philosophy this kind of worship of the Lord's form is not 'byut' worship. If in any book it is said that this kind of worship is 'byut' worship and is forbidden, then that book has no authority to forbid it. Everything depends on the faith within the heart. A person whose heart is free from 'byut', who is beyond the material world, can worship the pure spiritual form of the Lord.

Note:
1. Krishna means all attractive and greatness is attributed to only one of his many unlimited qulities

2. Caitanya could mean consciousness or another of many forms of Krishna.

3. byut' could refer to ghost or satan or devil.

Answer 11

Allah can be a God. But God is certainly not Allah.