Allah = God?

Question

I just posted something that said God and Allah are the same thing. Many of you misunderstood me. The word God translated to Arabic is Allah. Just like to word "girl" in English is the word "bint" in Arabic. They both mean girl but in different languages.

Answer 1

Many people still don't know about this. Thanks.

edit: To some of those who just had to reply with a smart a** answer, the reason why he posted this is so he can EDUCATE you, not so he can rub it in your face.

Answer 2

"Allah" is simply the Arabic word for "God" - and there is only One God. "Allah" is the same word that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use for God. Allah" is the only word in the Arabic language equivalent to the English word "God" with a capital "G".

In the Arabic alphabet, since it does not have capital letters, the word for God (i.e. Allah) is formed by adding the equivalent to the English word "the" (Al-) to the Arabic word for "god/God" (ilah). So the Arabic word "Allah" literally it means "The God" - the "Al-" in Arabic basically serving the same function as the capital "G" in English. Due to the above mentioned facts, a more accurate translation of the word "Allah" into English might be "The One -and-Only God" or "The One True God".

More importantly, it should also be noted that the Arabic word "Allah" contains a deep religious message due to its root meaning and origin. This is because it stems from the Arabic verb ta'allaha (or alaha), which means "to be worshipped". Thus in Arabic, the word "Allah" means "The One who deserves all worship".

Answer 3

I would agree with you to a point. Arabic Christians use the term "Allah" interchangeably with "Yahweh."

That being said, Arabic Christians disagree that the Allah of the Islamic faith is the same as Yahweh of the Christian (or Jewish) faith.

I won't split hairs about its usage, but I do want to insure that the god of Muhammad is not the Father of Jesus. Here's why I say this:

The Qur'an states rather clearly, "Proclaim: Allah is One. Allah is Eternal. He neither begets nor was begotten." (Surah 112:1-4)

In Christianity, we believe that Jesus was begotten. (John 1:14) And we believe Jesus to be God. He applied the name of God, "I AM," to Himself in several passages. Here's a few examples: Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, Mark 13:6, Luke 21:8, John 4:26, John 6:20, John 8:24, 28, 58, and John 13:19. (Some English translations have mistranslated the words "I am" to "It is I," or "I am He.")

Now, this is a paradox. Either Islam is right, and Jesus is not God, nor begotten; or Christianity is right, and Jesus is God, and is begotten. We can't have it both ways. Islam will never hold to a belief that Jesus is God. And Christians will not accept that Jesus is not God, and is not begotten. Therefore, they do not worship the same God.

Answer 4

I could change my name to Allah and be the same thing right? You are talking about a word. I know lots of people with the same name. The Allah of Islam is not the God of Christianity regardless of what people say.

I think Muslims only believe they are worshiping the same God, but ask them if that God comprises of the Holy Trinity (God-Jesus-Holy Spirit) and I bet you get a different response.

Allah of Islam does not exist. God does. It is the understanding and knowledge of who God is that makes it different. If I started believing that God was a monkey, that does not mean it is the same God as the Chrisitan God because I would be altering reality.

Muslims don't believe that the Christian God is Allah in the same respect. Muslims believe Christians are believing falsehoods of Allah. Christians believe that Muslims are believing falsehoods of God.

I believe this strategy of claiming that we all believe the same thing cannot work because Allah and God are polar opposites. They cannot be the same person.

Answer 5

Allah means God in Arabic.


Allah is the Arabic language word for "God." The term is best known in the West for its use in the Muslim holy book the Qur'an. However, Arabic speakers of all faiths, including Christians and Jews, use the word "Allah" to mean "God". Consequently, the word is used in Arabic translations of Tanakh and the Gospels, as well as in Indonesian and Ottoman Turkish translations of the Bible. In Islam, Allah is the One and Only God (without any partner) 112:1, the supreme Creator, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as of Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. Islamic scholars often translate "Allāh" directly into English as "God." This is consistent with the word's etymological derivation (see Etymology below). However, some scholars infer that "Allāh" should not be translated, arguing that "Allāh" is a special and glorified term whose use should be preserved. This is a significant issue when translating the Qur'an.

According to F. E. Peters, "The Qur'an insists, Muslims believe, and historians affirm that Muhammad and his followers worship the same God as the Jews. 29:46 The Quran's Allah is the same Creator God who covenanted with Abraham". Peters states that the Qur'an portrays Allah as both more powerful and more remote than Yahweh, and as a universal deity, unlike Yahweh who closely follows Israelites.[1]

The Bahá'í Faith, whose scriptures are primarily written in Arabic and Persian, also uses Allāh to mean God, though typical practice is to use the customary word for God in the language being spoken.

According to the tradition of Islam there are 99 Names of God. They are synonyms that appear in the Qur'an.

Answer 6

Yes, you are correct. "Allah" is the Arabic word for God and this is how Christians who speak Arabic pray to God.

I have three different translations of the Qur'an; all three of them translatae "Allah" as "God". It is NOT another name for God.

I would challenge anyone here who says "Allah" is not "God" to actually learn the Arabic language, then compose a prayer to "God" without using the word "Allah".

Answer 7

Why would you post this as a question?

Especially when you are wrong.

God is a Judeo Christian deity.

Allah is a Muslim deity.

All deities are not the same... only agnostics and atheists think that way.

To say for example, that Zeus and Allah and God and Odin are all the same, would be to throw out all the different beliefs that make them different.

Many short-sighted people of faith are very eager to do this because they want to be accepted more than they actually want to believe their own religion.

The Qu'ran for example, states that Allah is merciful and benevolent, whereas the Holy Bible states that God is a jealous one that demands certain behavior and allegiance.

Those are two very different things... and even if they both demand allegiance - then which name would you use?
Because to use the other would be sacreligious... right?

Answer 8

Dieu = God
Dios = God
Dia = God
Theos = God
Gott = God
Deus = God

Answer 9

Maybe so but the quran is not from God and so the muslim god allah is not the same as the christian God

Answer 10

People all have there own fairytales to live by. It is that false sense of security they use as a moral protector. How many Religions have a God different than the Christian God and how many Christians see their God in a different lite than other Christians? I would love to start my own church and get that tax free money from Naive souls who cling to these misconceptions, giving their time and money to.. Idiots.

Answer 11

Although as creator Allah is utterly transcendent and not to be compared to any of his creatures, he is nevertheless a personal god, a fair judge, merciful and benevolent. Each chapter of the Qur'an begins with “Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate,” and before fulfilling religious obligations the Muslim recites, “In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.”