If someone believes in God, as in the holy trinitarian God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is it okay or correct to call God, Allah? Or is Allah not the same thing? Please explain your reasons. Thanks.
2007-09-29 10:53:16 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, Allah is most definitely NOT the same thing as God, specifically, Yaweh, more commonly known by the Anglicized version, Jehova.
Don't take my word for it, though.
Compare the teachings of the Christian Bible with the Koran and see if they sound similar...
Yaweh/Jesus: Love your neighbors, forgive those who persecute you. Salvation is a free gift given by grace, not earned.
Allah/Mohammed: Kill non-believers who aren't willing to convert. Your good and bad deeds will be weight to determine your eternal destiny. The only way to guarantee entrance into heaven is to die in Jihad, killing as many infidels as possible.
Yes, I know, there are Muslims who profess not to believe this. Trouble is, this stuff is straight from their holy book.
Here's another thought... ever notice how movies get away with dishonoring the name of Jesus as a curse-word... and yet none of them dare to dishonor the name of Allah that way... now ask yourself, who does the Bible say is the prince of THIS world?
I realize the politically correct thing to say is that there are many paths to "enlightment" or "Nirvana" or whatever else one chooses to call it. That's not what the Bible teaches though. The truth is that there IS NO PATH to enlightment, and the message is all about God reaching down and saying, "Here, grab my hand, let me pull you up here".
Or more precisely, in Jesus's own words...
Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
- from the Gospel of John, Chapter 14
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=14&verse=5&end_verse=7&version=31&context=context
2007-09-29 11:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Allah in Arabic means "The God", Allah in Hebrew mean "Spirit", Ellah in Aramaic which Jesus spoke means "The Father" which Allah in Arabic is derived from.
The trinity from another stand point, such a Muslim, may be considered as thus: Allah would be God the Father, Allah would also be the Holy Spirit which teaches all the Prophets for measured roles, but what's called Prophet in English would be the Son. Son is allegorical since God is One and is not begotten, nor does God beget, it means like God in character/image and likeness of Spirit not body.
Another example would be from Baha'i such as the title "Baha'u'llah" Glory of God, in Aramaic would be "Glory of the Father", as Christ Prophesied.
So really Allah is just a collision of sounds in symbolism like the word God, what matters is what is intended.
God bless.
2007-09-29 13:57:00 · answer #2 · answered by Gravitar or not... 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Allah in Arabic means 'the god'. The God of the Hebrews has a personal name YHWH, but English-speaking Christians refer to that entity by a title, God.
2007-09-29 11:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arab Christians call God "Allah". Allah is an arabic Word. Allah translates to God in english!
2007-09-29 10:57:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
. As an English speaking Christian why would I want to , as far and as much as read Ive never seen God called Allah but by the Arab world .In the Bible its a Hebrew word for God , and i find no mention of Allah. When Ishmael left with his mother and left Abraham what did he call God , it was not Allah . So I would ask what god are we talking about because man has many names for his gods Jehovah, Yawea, but as Christians we call on Jesus , not Allah
2007-09-29 11:18:44 · answer #5 · answered by the only 1 hobo 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Allah is same as the God but God or Allah is alone, almighty, have no children or parents. he is alone and omnipresent and omnipotent. Christian can all him Allah it is in Arabic word for God, other languages have different words for Allah, but Allah is the word spoken by God for himself. so it is more appropriate to Call him Allah as he himself described him as Allah.
2007-09-29 11:04:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sir 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said "Allaha" almost what Muslims say "Allah"........"Allah" therefore is the Arabic word used by Arabic-speaking Christians, Muslims, and Jews as the word for God. We can hear its counterpart in the other two semitic languages -- Aramaic (Jesus called God "Allaha") and Hebrew (Ellohim). It makes no more sense to say "Muslims worship a god called Allah" than to say "The French worship a god called Dieu" or "The Spanish worship a god called Dios.",,,,,,
2007-09-29 10:58:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
God is a translation for YHWH. So God is genaric. Allah is muslim for God. My word for God is Zero Point. It has published no book and doesn't demand worship or dogma. The way it should be. Those who think they know God have much to learn. They should reach the point where they realize they are not evloved enough to know. Then when they do come to the realization of who they are they will perform miracles and create, as they were meant to long ago.
2007-09-29 11:05:18 · answer #8 · answered by God!Man aka:Jason b 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Allah in arabic means the One and Only Worthy of worship. IF that is what the God in the trinity is, then I guess it is the same word.
2007-09-29 10:58:02 · answer #9 · answered by Noor ala Noor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah is Arabic, and the Christian Son God, Jesus, Spoke Aramaic. So it would Be More Christian to Call him "Allaha" then Allah.
Or you could call him by his other names, Yahweh or Elohim for instance.
2007-09-29 10:59:18 · answer #10 · answered by Bobby 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't. Although it is true that one of the meanings of Allah is simply god, you must understand that the god in the Quran is NOTHING like the God in the Holy Bible, the God of the Jews, the God of Abraham, Isaac,and Jacob. THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
The religion of Islam has as its focus of worship a deity by the name of "Allah." The Muslims claim that Allah in pre-Islamic times was the biblical God of the Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles. The issue is thus one of continuity. Was "Allah" the biblical God or a pagan god in Arabia during pre- Islamic times? The Muslim's claim of continuity is essential to their attempt to convert Jews and Christians for if "Allah" is part of the flow of divine revelation in Scripture, then it is the next step in biblical religion. Thus we should all become Muslims. But, on the other hand, if Allah was a pre- Islamic pagan deity, then its core claim is refuted. Religious claims often fall before the results of hard sciences such as archeology. We can endlessly speculate about the past or go and dig it up and see what the evidence reveals. This is the only way to find out the truth concerning the origins of Allah. If you research you shall see, the hard evidence demonstrates that the god Allah was a pagan deity. In fact, he was the Moon-god who was married to the sun goddess and the stars were his daughters.
2007-09-29 11:08:47 · answer #11 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋