Do you believe Allah and God (Yahweh) are the same?

Question

I used to think so but the more I learn about Islam the more I've come to believe they're different.

Gods son is Jesus and Allah has muhammad as a prophet, two completely different prophets.

Does the bible speak of Allah or muhammad? Does the Quran speak of Yahweh and Jesus?

If Allah isn't the same as the Christian God who is he?

Answer 1

Assalaamu'alaikum warrahmatullahi wabarrakatuh (MEANS: MAY PEACE be upon u all & may God's mercy & blessing as well).

YES, in terms of believing in ONE God (Jews & Muslim believe in 1 God). BTW do you know that eventhough Hindus have lots of gods their Supreme God is One? They call It Brahman.

Furthermore, do u know definition of muslim? Al Qur'an Chptr Al Baqarah Vrs 136 (PICKTHAL's translation) "Say (O Muslims): We BELIEVE in ALLAH & that which is revealed UNTO US & that which was revealed unto ABRAHAM & ISHMAEL & ISAAC & JACOB & the tribes & that which MOSES & JESUS received & that which the PROPHETS received from their Lord. We make NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANY OF THEM & UNTO GOD we have surrendered." AND Al Qur'an As Syuraa 13 PICKTHAL: "God hath ordained for you that religion which God commended unto NOAH & that which We inspire in thee (MUHAMMAD) & that which We commended unto ABRAHAM & MOSES & JESUS, saying: Establish the religion & be not divided therein. Dreadful for the idolaters is that unto which thou callest them. Allah chooseth for Godself whom God will, and guideth unto Godself him who turneth (toward God)." In Islam/Arabic language, Nuh=Noah, Ibrahim=Abraham, Ismail=Ishmael, Ishaq=Isaac, Yaqoub=Jacob, Musa=Moses, Isa=Jesus.

Bible speaks a lot of Allah & Muhammad (esp. Gospell of Barnabas, but banned by Mid-Age Church). But present versions of 'Bible' had been reduced & some of the strong texts on these matters had been removed by some parties. However, we can still find it in texts like these ones:
- Deuteronomy 17:15 "Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee whom the LORD thy God shall choose. One from among thy brethren shalt thou set as king over thee; thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, who is not thy brother." Deuteronomy 17:15
- "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren LIKE UNTO THEE, and will put My words in His mouth; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him." Deuteronomy 18:18

Christians quote these verses to put their innocent impression upon others, ‘No NON ISRAELITE KING’ over Israel. This is not the reality if you analyze this by keeping the facts that both Ishmael & Isaac – peace and blessings of Almighty Allah be upon them – are brothers & in that sense their children are ‘Brethren’ to each other. Now when the verse says “among thy brethren” it may mean “your Ishmaelite brothers” & when the verse says “not set a stranger over thee” it may mean “One who is not among your kin” as it is more clear on further reading of the same verse “who is not thy brother”. Ishmaelites are BROTHERS to Israelites. So the chance of ‘Ishmaelite’ being a king over Israelite is not at all demolished. As the Prophecy reads as follows: "I WILL RAISE THEM UP A PROPHET FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN LIKE UNTO THEE......." The emphasis is on the words- "From among their brethren." Abraham had two wives -Sarah & Hagar. Hagar bore Abraham HIS FIRST-BORN, '...And Abraham called HIS SON'S name, which Hagar bare Ishmael.' (Genesis 16:15). 'And Abraham took Ishmael HIS SON..." (Genesis 17:23). 'And Ishmael HIS SON was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.' (Genesis 17:25). Up to the age of 13 Ishmael was the ONLY son & seed of Abraham when the covenant was ratified between God & Abraham. God grants Abraham another son through Sarah named Isaac who was very much the junior to his brother Ishmael. If Ishmael & Isaac r the sons of the same father Abraham then they r brothers! And so children of the one are the BRETHREN of the children of the other (Jews & Arabs) - so they are BRETHREN to one another. The Bible affirms, 'AND HE (ISHMAEL) SHALL DWELL IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS BRETHREN.' (Genesis 16:12). 'AND HE (ISHMAEL) DIED IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS BRETHREN.(Genesis 25:18). In like manner Muhammad is from among the brethren of the Israelites because he was a descendant of Ishmael the son of Abraham. This exactly as the prophecy has it- 'FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN'.(Deut.18:18). There the prophecy distinctly mentions that THE COMING prophet who WOULD BE LIKE Moses, must arise NOT from the 'children of Israel' or from 'among themselves', but from among their brethren. MUHAMMAD THEREFORE WAS FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN!

Then the most important words of this prophecy are - like unto thee, - LIKE YOU - like Moses. DOES JESUS LIKE MOSES? True, Moses & Jesus were JEWs; 2nd Moses was known by God 'face to face'/God spoke to him & Jesus directly; 3rd Moses known 2 b performing awesome miracles & Jesus also performed awesome miracles" BUT JESUS IS NOT LIKE MOSES because 1st 'JESUS IS A GOD' but Moses is not God. 2ndly according to Christendom -'JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD' but Moses did not have to die for the sins of the world. "3rdly according to Christendom - 'JESUS WENT TO HELL FOR THREE DAYS' but Moses did not have to go there. Therefore Jesus is not like Moses!

THEN WHO IS LIKE MOSES? Muhammad SAW! WHY?1>"Think not that I have come to abolish the law & the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished." Mathew 5:17-18. Jesus/Isa AS the Messenger of God, would never resort to such foul means to subvert the Religion of God. He himself fulfilled the laws. He observed the commandments of Moses & he respected the Sabbath. The fact is that, Muhammad gave his people a Law & Order they never had before. 2> Moses had a father & a mother, like Muhammad. But Jesus had only a mother & no human father. 3> Moses & Muhammad were born in the normal, natural course, i.e. the physical association of man & woman. But Jesus was created by a special miracle. 4> Moses & Muhammad married & begat children but Jesus remained a bachelor all his life. 5> Moses & Muhammad were accepted as prophets by their people in their very lifetime. No doubt their people gave endless trouble to them but before their demise, they as a whole accepted them as the Messengers of God while according to the Bible & EVEN today AFTER 2000 years, his people (Jews) as a whole, have REJECTED Jesus. 6> Moses & Muhammad were prophets as well as kings (a prophet means a man who receives Divine Revelation for the Guidance of Man & this Guidance he conveys to God's creatures as received without any addition or deletion. It is immaterial whether the person wears a crown or not, or whether he was ever addressed as king or monarch: if the man has the prerogative of inflicting capital punishment - HE IS A KING). Moses & Muhammad possessed such a power while Jesus claimed a spiritual Kingdom only (he only claimed to be a Prophet) in John 18:36. 7> Both Moses & Muhammad died natural deaths but according to Christianity, Jesus was violently killed on the cross. 8> Moses & Muhammad both lie buried in earth but according to Christendom, Jesus in heaven. 9> Moses was forced to emigrate in adulthood to Median while Muhammad was forced to emigrate in his life too towards Madinah, whereas Jesus did not have such forced emigration in his adulthood. 10> The prophecy proceeds further:'... and I WILL PUT MY WORDS INTO HIS MOUTH ...'-Deuteronomy 18:18. The Holy Qur’ân says the same about Muhammad SAW: "Neither does he speak out of his own desire: that [which he conveys to you] is but [a divine] inspiration with which he is being inspired."-Holy Qur’ân An Najm/53:3-4.

Read links below too, please. Peace.

Answer 2

Allah and Muhammad are not of the Christian religion. Muhammad recognized Allah as God. Muhammad was in dire need of a religion for his people back in the early 600s. He studied about all the religions, then took what he decided was the best of each religion and formed Islam. So you find the Jewish books of the Old Testament, the Virgin Mary giving birth to a prophet and various things from the Hindu and Buddhist religions of that time. Many Muslims wear an amulet with the Virgin Mary on a chain around their necks because they revere her as a virgin who gave birth. Thus was the beginning of Islam, at least according to what I was taught. Allah and God may be the same, but Islam and Christianity are not.

Answer 3

Don't know about the Gods but the belief systems are radically different and in the Jewish/Christian belief system the 10 commandments (not found in the Quran or Islam) say YOU WILL PUT NO GOD BEFORE ME. I would say Allah no sonner than I'd say Yewah or Jehovah! It is GOD, plain and simple. The same God I've known since I was batpized and schooled. The GOD who has NO NAME. The creator of all (that ain't in the Quran either).

Answer 4

Allah and God (Yahweh) are the same,
If you read the Bible, you will know that Jesus is a prophet of Allah {Jesus say this in gospels}, Jesus is messenger of Allah {Jesus say this in gospels, and name Allah as THE FATHER}.
for not confusing, notice that the gospels tell that Adam is son of Allah
Luk 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
this means that Jesus is son of Allah same as Adam and same as all people (sons and daughters of Adam including us), this means that the old real Bible talk about spritual fatherhood from Allah to all people (People are some of creations, not real begotten from father as stated in Joh 3:6)
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
we all know that we are spirits in bodies, so all of us is same as Jesus, Muhammad, Adam, and any man and woman created by Allah
the Idea that Jesus is God has no proof in the old real Bible, but in church preachers explanations only, and of coarse these books is man made, and have a lot of errors.
Simply read Qur'aan to know how Allah describe himself http://www.islambasics.com/view.php?bkID=120&chapter=0

Answer 5

Well done, Adam Moses Jesus Muhammad!

Just let me add something. :-)

This next quote is The Best Answer to the Question of "Do you believe that the Islamic God (Allah) and the Christian God (Yahweh) are one in the same?" asked by Michael F and answered by Dreams, 11 month ago (link: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApClrD5Ihwt6gJuf6wuCNSwjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20061022045531AAbmQtG ). If Michael F and Dreams see this, please don't see this as a plagiation. I don't mean to plagiate, just for the sake of adding a good material to THIS discussion. I have not adding anything to it (only the sentences "Answered by Dreams" and "5 stars" below).

HERE IT IS:

Do you believe that the Islamic God (Allah) and the Christian God (Yahweh) are one in the same?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker - Answered by Dreams:

When you say ' sky' and I use the arabic word for it 'sama' ,does that mean we're talking about different skies?

'Allah' isn't a Moon God or the god of the Arabs like many claim..people who go around saying that ... please stop the non-sense and get your facts right. Allah is just the Arab word for GOD ... so yes... Arab Christians and Arab Jews will use the word Allah when referring to God. For eg, while English speaking christians say "God is love", Arabian Christians always say "Allah mahaba-translating God is love"

When a French person says "Mon Dieu"(My God), do you go around saying he doesn't worship God, he worships something else called 'Dieu'- (When you don't know that Dieu is just french for God).

The same thing goes for prophet names (peace be upon them all)..Joseph in Arabic for eg is called "yousef", solomon "sulaiman", David "Dawood" etc.

Ofcourse we have different beliefs..Muslims honour and believe in Jesus (Issa -in arabic) as a prophet and messenger of God (Allah),but not as his son.We honour Mary (Mariyam) the virgin.She's mentioned as one of the most virtuous,chaste women and there's a chapter (Surah) in Qu'ran by her name. I am sure though,that behind all of our religions is a call for peace,tolerance and understanding not evil and hatred.There's a major fear of others and lack of communication which is holding all of us back (no matter what belief we belong to) That was really a good question,thanks for posting it.

Asker's Rating: Wow. Great comparisons, and thank you for such a great answer (5 stars).

May this be helpful. I am a muslim, BTW, if anybody wants to know. Wassalaamu'alaikum/peace be with you. - Sooltan

Answer 6

"Do you believe Allah and God (Yahweh) are the same?" - I believe the Creator humans call GOD and Allah, or whatever term a faith requires - is a single Creator.
If we were not able to travel or communicate so quickly the merging and interaction of all faiths would not happen. So as we advance in technology humans are having to deal with a complicated issue - something humans are not ready for.
Someday humans may have one word title for GOD - um, oh you know who I mean.

Answer 7

actually the bible does speak about Allah ... at least the original text does

and yes the quran does speak about Jesus

but what it boils down to is
Muslims believe in the God of Abraham
Christians believe in the God of Abraham

Answer 8

No, they are not the same. In addition, the Bible does not speak of Allah or Muhammad. However, it does warn about false prophets & god(s).

Answer 9

i personally believe that Allah, Elohim, God, Odin, Zeus & so forth are all representations of the same creator.
but on your topic, you just found yourself in the lines of differences in religions. even in the abrahamic religions (judeism, christianity, islam, & more) there are major differences in what is said.
why this is? i think it is humanity's fault. we view God in different perspectives, just like we have an opinion on everything else in life. then the idea is perverted & twisted over time to suit the needs of those who run the religion.
so what to do then? find what you believe is the truth, & stick to that, but also keeping an open mind at the same time.

Answer 10

we may have diffferent interpretation of how the bible would speak of God as Yahweh . Allahis just their identity of god but they are of the same known God but of different name.We may vary in the way we interpret the teaching of the Muslim for we vary in culture and that contributed a lot in these differnce we have. Although it istruethat they are still one god under different names.

Answer 11

yes, I believe they are the same, or at least started out that way, but as time moves on and humans in their stubborness want to prove that THEIR views, beliefs, and opinions are right, they alter whatever they need to coincide with their thinking.

I also believe that the main and true message of all religions and beliefs and written words is LOVE. Even atheists believe in love.

religions, gods, beliefs, written words....all I know is that my job here is to love and to care about the inhabitants and contents of this world that we live in, especially those around me.