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In the name of Allah ( God) the Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Different religions of the world have a being or thing they refer to as God. In Islam,Allah (God) is the All powerful, All knowing ruler of the Universe. Chapter 112(Surah Ikhlas) of the Quran is the best answer when it comes to defining who Allah (God) is. It not only tells us who and what God is, it also tells us what God is not.It says thus:

1.Say: He is Allah (God), The One and Only
2.Allah (God),the Absolute and Eternal
3.He begets not, nor is He begotten
4. And there is nothing like Him.

Verse1:Say: He is Allah , The One and Only.
He is the One and Only God, the Only to whom worship is due, all other things and beings are His creatures and in no way comparable to Him.

Verse 2:Allah (God) the Absolute and Eternal.
He is eternal without beginning or end. Absolute not limited by time or space or circumstance.

Verse 3:He begets not nor is He begotten.
He has no son or father, for that would be to import animal qualities in Him.

Verse 4: And there is nothing like Him.
He is not like any person or thing that we know or can imagine, for His nature is so sublime far beyound our limited conceptions. His qualities and nature are UNIQUE
This sums up the whole argument and warns us specially against ANTHROPOMORPHISM: the tendency to conceive of Allah (God) after our own pattern, an insidious tendency that creeps in at all times and among all peoples.
Surah Ikhlas is the "touch stone" of theology.The litmus test for any thing or being referred to as God.
Put that God you worship to the test of Surah Ikhlas if it passes then it is a TRUE GOD if it fails then it is a FALSE god