Is Allah the same God as Yahweh?
The Qur’an refers to Allah as the Lord of the Worlds. Unlike the biblical Yahweh (sometimes misread as Jehovah), he has no personal name, and his traditional 99 names are really epithets. These include the Creator, the King, the Almighty, and the All-Seer.
What does the Quran say about one God?
When Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him (pbuh), was asked about God, the answer came directly from God in the holy book of Muslims, the Quran: “Say, ‘He is God the One, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is comparable to Him’” (112:1-4).
What does Allah mean in Hebrew?
the god
The word is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ilāh, which means “the god”, and is linguistically related to the Hebrew words El (Elohim), Elah and the Aramaic word ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (ʼAlâhâ) for God. The word Allah has been used by Arabic people of different religions since pre-Islamic times.
Is there any one equal to Allah?
Christians worship three incarnations of God that is known as the Holy Trinity; the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. Muslims know only of one Supreme Being and that is Allah.
What does the Qur’an say about Jews and Christians?
Another, less cited, but similar verse: Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians whoever believes in Allah and the last day and does good– they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve. The Qur’an makes it an article of faith to believe in Allah and all the messengers. This includes Prophet Muhammad.
Is Allah the same God as the Jews and Christians worship?
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.
Is there a different concept of God for Muslims and Jews?
Dieu in French, HaShem in Hebrew or Allah in Arabic. It is just a translation. 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.
Are the Qur’an and the Bible the same God?
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.