Re: GOD IS THAT GOD...THERE IS NO ALLAH
Allah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allah is the
Arabic language word referring to "
The God", "the Lord" and, literally according to the
Qur'an, to the "God of
Abraham,
Isaac and
Jacob" in the
Abrahamic religions. It does not mean "a
god", but rather "the Only God", the Supreme Creator of the universe, and it is the main term for the deity in
Islam.
However, "Allah" is not restricted to just Islam, and is used by Christians and Jews in some regions.
Most Arabic-speaking Muslims, Middle-Eastern Christians and Arabic-speaking Jewish Communities (including the Yemenite Jews, several Mizraḥi communities and some Sephardim) use "Allāh" as the proper noun for "God". Allāh is found in the
Qur'an and in Arabic translations of both the
Tanakh and the
Gospels and even in the
Indonesian translations of the
Bible.
Christians believe that Allāh is ath-Thalouth al-Muqaddas - The Holy Trinity, thus whole Allāh is consisted from Abu-Father, Bin-Son, and Ruh-Spirit.
Outside the Arabic World, the use of "Allāh" is generally associated exclusively with
Islam, and is used to refer specifically to the
Islamic concept of God. It is nearly the same as the Jewish conception of a single God<SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>
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[2]</SUP>, but differs from the
Trinitarian Christian conception of God. In Islam, the concept of one God is strictly observed while in Judaism there may have been some past reference to Ezra as the Son of God<SUP class=reference id=_ref-2>
[3]</SUP>.
Islamic scholars often translate "Allāh" directly into English as "God", especially
Qur'an alone Muslims. Other scholars feel that "Allāh" should not be translated arguing that "Allāh" is the term for
"the Only God" in a glorified pronunciation. This is a significant issue when
translating the Qur'an.
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