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Is Allah Of Islam The Same As Yahweh Of Christians? by Imyourex(m): 7:11am On Feb 16, 2018 |
As I was passing the State
House in Columbia, SC, I noticed
the Confederate flag waving in the
breeze behind a large, decorated
Christmas tree. The contrast of
symbols caught my attention. To most people, the tree nominally
symbolizes the season of
Christmas and the focus on the
first coming of Jesus Christ. For
some people any representation of
a spiritual reality on public property is a travesty against their
rights. The flag, however, has
become more controversial. For
some, the Confederate flag merely
symbolizes a past conflict, for
others it represents a spirit of independence and state’s rights,
and for still others it is an ugly
reminder of when one people
group enslaved another. Thus, we
have one symbol with several
different meanings. This is similar to the word
“Allah.” For most Muslims, Allah
is the only God and therefore must
be the same God as the one that
the Jews and Christians worship.
Similarly, for some Christians, Allah is just another name for the
one God of the universe. For
others, however, the Muslim Allah
and the biblical Yahweh are
contradictory and cannot refer to
the same being, for, they say, “how can the God of Muhammad
be the Father of Jesus Christ?”
The question before us, then, is
whether the terms “Allah” and
“Yahweh” are just two names
for the same God, or are they referring to different Gods? (And
since there can only be one true
God, the ultimate question is, “if
they are different, which one is the
true God?”) Let’s first look at the
origin and meaning for the term
“Allah.” Allah probably comes
from the Aramaic compound term
“al-ilah,” which means “the
god.” It is a generic term for the highest god of the people, and in
Arabia it was in use for centuries
before Muhammad came on the
scene. Apparently it was one of the
360 gods worshipped in the
ka’aba in Mecca, and was the chief god for the Quraysh tribe,
which was the tribe Muhammad
belonged to. In the pre-Islamic
time, Allah had three daughters,
Al-At, Al-Uzza, and Al-Manat. In
Muhammad’s campaign against polytheism he chose Allah as the
one true God and rejected the
notion that Allah could have any
daughters or sons. The Allah from
the Qur’an, however, is very
different from the Yahweh of the Bible. For one thing, Allah is a
distant, remote being who reveals
his will but not himself. It is
impossible to know him in a
personal way. In his absolute
oneness there is unity but not trinity, and because of this lack of
relationship, love is not
emphasized. Indeed, for the
Muslim, Allah cannot have any
associates. In fact, to claim that
Jesus is God’s son is the greatest of all sins in Islam and is known as
“shirk.” Allah is also an
arbitrary God and is said to
deceive people, especially
unbelievers. In the end, even for
the devout Muslim there is no guarantee of salvation because in
his arbitrariness Allah may reject
the believer’s good works and
send him to hell. Thus, even if
one’s good works outweighed
his bad works salvation is ultimately up to the Will of Allah,
which is arbitrary at best. When we look at Yahweh,
however, who is the God of the
Bible, we see a different kind of
deity. First of all, the name
“Yahweh” comes from the time
that God appeared to Moses in the burning bush. At that time God
told Moses to call him “I am that I
am,” or in Hebrew, “Yahweh.”
It is significant that Jesus referred
to himself as the “I am” in John
8:58. The Jews realized that Jesus was referring to himself as God
and took up stones to stone him
for what they believed was
blasphemy. This link between
Jesus in the New Testament and
the burning bush in the Old Testament demonstrates the unity
of the one God manifested to both
the Jews and the Christians. This
cannot be said of the Muslim God
because Muslims reject the deity of
Jesus and therefore reject much of what the New Testament says
about Jesus. We also find that the
Bible portrays Yahweh in contrast
to Allah. For example, Allah is
considered to be too holy to have
personal relationships with man, but Yahweh is often described as a
loving God interested in our
personal struggles. Yahweh is also
depicted as unchanging and One
who assures the salvation of the
faithful. Finally, because there is unity in the Trinity with the one
God also being three persons, God
can be described as the Father of
Jesus. Some scholars want to
emphasize the similarities
between Yahweh and Allah, and
point to a common belief in a
monotheistic God who is Creator of
all things, omnipotent and merciful. Both religions also claim
that God has sent prophets to
reveal His will and produce
scriptures to guide our lives.
However, Allah and Yahweh
cannot refer to the same person for the following reasons. First of
all, their attributes are different. In
Allah’s monadic oneness his
attributes stem from his powerful
Will which, because it provides no
basis for relationship, often promotes capriciousness. Also,
since his power is more important
than his other attributes, there is
an unequal emphasis on power
over his other attributes. In the
end, a follower cannot know God or even be sure of the consistency
of his attributes. On the other
hand, because Yahweh is by
nature a triune unity his attributes
stem from his nature. The eternal
relationship within the Trinity promotes love within the Godhead
and extends to his creation. Also,
since his attributes are based on
his unchanging nature rather than
his powerful will, all his attributes
are equal and promote trustworthiness rather than
capriciousness. This means that
believers can know God and be
sure of his attributes. Second,
Christians understand the nature
of God to be triune (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), which is the only
way that Jesus Christ, as the
second person of the Trinity, could
die on the cross to pay for our
sins. If Jesus were not God himself,
then his death on the cross would be meaningless. However, Muslims
deny that Jesus died on the cross
and they reject the belief in his
resurrection from the dead. Only a
triune God, defined as one essence
and three persons, could become incarnate and still remain God of
the universe, and yet this is the
God that Muslims reject. For them,
Jesus cannot be God nor can God
be a Father, for he cannot have a
son. Therefore, if Muslims reject God as the Father of Jesus, then
Allah cannot be the same as the
God of the Bible. But wait a minute, some
will say. What about the Arabic
Christians who call the God of the
Bible “Allah”? Doesn’t this
illustrate the fact that Allah and
Yahweh are referring to the same God? Actually, when the Arabic
Christians refer to “Allah” in
their translation of the Bible, they
believe that “Allah” is the
father of Jesus and they believe
that “Allah” is triune. Therefore, the Allah of the Arabic
Christians cannot be the same
Allah of the Muslims! This semantic
[shibboleth] strangulation can be
cleared up if we remember that
words have both a denotative and a connotative meaning.
Denotation refers to a dictionary
definition, so it would be correct to
say that Yahweh and Allah both
refer to the concept of God,
especially for their respective language groups. However, the
connotation is determined by
what a person conceives about the
object of that word. For example,
an Arab Christian may still use the
word “Allah” to denote God, but his understanding of that term
would be starkly different from a
Muslim, for the Christian would
recognize that Jesus Christ is God
(Allah) whereas the Muslim would
never consider that connotation. Thus, denotatively the word
“allah” merely refers to “god,
deity, etc.” However, we
understand the denotative use by
our connotative presuppositions.
Therefore, “Allah” for the Muslim cannot be reconciled with
the “Jesus is Allah” of the Arabic
Christians. There is still a world of
difference between the content of
the word (connotation), even if
the denotation is the same. Without this very important
distinction made when we refer to
“Allah” and “God” (Yahweh),
a lot of Christians will be confused. After comparing the Allah
of the Qur’an and the Yahweh of
the Bible, it should be apparent
that they could not be referring to
the same God. Either the Muslim
Allah is the true God or the Christian Yahweh is the true God,
or neither is true. As the Law of
non-Contradiction teaches, they
both cannot be true. One thing
should be sure, though, the God of
Muhammad cannot be the Father of Jesus.
Mr. Daniel Janosik
Adjunct Faculty (Apologetics),
Columbia International University
Source: www.ciu.edu/content/allah-islam-same-yahweh-christianity |
Re: Is Allah Of Islam The Same As Yahweh Of Christians? by Rashduct4luv(m): 8:56am On Feb 16, 2018 |
Yeah, Based Especially on Tawheed: . . 1. Allaah is one and indivisible while their God is three in one, Father, Son & Holy Spirit, hence divisible. 2. Based on divisibility, Allaah does not share His duties with anyone. He solely is responsible for the creation, sovereignty, control, giving life and death, and so on. On the other other hand, there would be division of labor either directly or indirectly between the three Gods... 3.We devote all acts of worship, both inward and outward, in word and deed, to Allaah Alone, and Muslims do not worship anything or anyone other than Allaah, no matter who he is. On the other hand, They say "Jesus is God" and they worship Jesus. They pray in Jesus's name and some invoke the holy spirit to offer help. The believe is that invoking the spirit or the son is similar to invoking the father since they are regarded as one. 4. The Names and attributes of Allaah are His alone and is not shared with any of His creations! We believe in whatever Allaah has ascribed unto Himself from our Books and we believe everything He has distanced Himself from. On the other hand, they believe the Son of God can become a man and also the spirit can use humans but not the Father, man was created in God's image! no clear distinction at all. . We affirm that Allaah has beautiful names and sublime attributes in a manner that suits His Majesty and Greatness without distorting them, twisting their meanings, denying their reality or discussing how they are. . Denying that Allaah has any faults and denying any shortcomings that He has denied Himself is also an important part of a Muslim's creed. The evidence for that is the words of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning): “There is nothing like Him, and He is the All‑Hearer, the All‑Seer” [al-Shoora 42:11] 1 Like |
Re: Is Allah Of Islam The Same As Yahweh Of Christians? by tintingz(m): 5:38pm On Feb 17, 2018 |
Ofcos Allah and Yahweh are not the same, both are Gods of some local region in the ancient middle-east. Yahweh is a canaanite deity. Allah is of Qurayysh tribe. The OP tries to depicts Allah a pagan god not knowing the origin of Yahweh can also be trace to Canaanite pantheon deities. This is the problem with Abrahamic religions, religion superiority is their problem, "My God is the right one your God is not bla bla bla." There are over thousands of Gods in religions, they are all right and as well all wrong, the thing is they are RELATIVE and SUBJECTIVE! If you claim to prove someone God wrong the same person will also claim to falsify your God(like this thread), there is superiority here, it is just delusional. |
Re: Is Allah Of Islam The Same As Yahweh Of Christians? by Rashduct4luv(m): 7:46am On Feb 18, 2018 |
O worshipper of Flying Spaghetti Monster above me, what right do you have to talk about Islam? Your knowledge is just too shallow in so many areas yet you claim yourself knowledgeable! . Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “Verily, We have inspired you (O Muhammad SAW) as We inspired Nooh (Noah) and the Prophets after him; We (also) inspired Ibrahim (Abraham), Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), Yaqoob (Jacob), and Al-Asbat (the twelve sons of Yaqoob (Jacob)), Iesa (Jesus), Ayub (Job), Yoonus (Jonah), Haroon (Aaron), and Sulaiman (Solomon), and to Dawood (David) We gave the Zaboor (Psalms). And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you, - and to Moosa (Moses) Allah spoke directly” [an-Nisa’ 4:163-164] . If Allah is of Qurayshi tribe that means all these mentioned Prophets are from Quraysh but only Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam was from there! You see your life! Flawed ideology! illogical reasoning yet saying he's logical. . Please face your monster and leave Islam alone. Enough of your pretence/hiding here. |
Re: Is Allah Of Islam The Same As Yahweh Of Christians? by tintingz(m): 10:43am On Feb 18, 2018 |
Rashduct4luv:I've every right to talk about Islam. One question, do all these Jewish\hebrew prophets know about Allah? If yes, kindly mention where from the Hebrew books. |
Re: Is Allah Of Islam The Same As Yahweh Of Christians? by Rashduct4luv(m): 3:26pm On Feb 18, 2018 |
tintingz:. I think you should answer that from the Gospel of flying spaghetti monster! |
Re: Is Allah Of Islam The Same As Yahweh Of Christians? by tintingz(m): 6:58pm On Feb 18, 2018 |
Rashduct4luv:This is non sequitur! |
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