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Who is Allah ?

T

The Shield of Islam

Member
Who is Allah ?

Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word "Allah". For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for "God" - and there is only One God. Let there be no doubt - Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus - peace be upon them all. However, it is certainly true that Jews, Christians and Muslims all have different concepts of Almighty God. For example, Muslims - like Jews - reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine Incarnation. This, however, doesn't mean that each of these three religions worships a different God - because, as we have already said, there is only One True God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim to be "Abrahamic Faiths", and all of them are also classified as "monotheistic". However, Islam teaches that other religions have, in one way or another, distorted and nullified a pure and proper belief in Almighty God by neglecting His true teachings and mixing them with man-made ideas...

Read the full article here:

http://www.thetruereligion.org/allah.htm
 
Runt

Runt

Well-Known Member
Basically saying there is one true divinity... and many different ideas of what this one true divinity is (some which are false and some which only touch on part of the truth).

I can see that... I'm not sure I agree that what you believe God to be is what I believe God to be... but I believe we are both looking at him and both believing that we see the truth.

Like two people, one who is color blind (but doesn't know it) and the other who is not... one says "God is green!" and the other says "God is red"... but which is right? God remains God despite their private deliberations...
 
T

The Shield of Islam

Member
I agree with you Runt, God remains God..the difference is our perceptions to him.

''Islam rejects characterizing God in any human form or depicting Him as favoring certain individuals or nations on the basis of wealth, power or race. He created the human beings as equals. They may distinguish themselves and get His favor through virtue and piety only.

The concept that God rested in the seventh day of creation, that God wrestled with one of His soldiers, that God is an envious plotter against mankind, or that God is incarnate in any human being are considered blasphemy from the Islamic point of view. ''

Here is more information:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/conceptofgod.html
 
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