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2 Is Allah God?

3 1. Yes. Allah is Arabic for “God”

4 in the ten most common languages by country
The names of God in the ten most common languages by country English God French Dieu Arabic ???? Spanish Dios Portuguese Deus Italian Dio Turkic Tanri German Gott Russain Бог Dutch

5 "In the beginning [Allah] created the heavens and the earth," Gen. 1:1
"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the [Shari'a] and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them'," Ex. 24:12 "And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and [become Muslim] for us," Eph. 5:2 "Fight the good [Jihad] of faith," 1 Tim. 6:12

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7 2. Yes. Islam started as Judaism translated into Arabic, and the Quranic Allah is based on the Biblical God.

8 "Surely, We [Allah] have revealed to you as We have revealed to
"Surely, We [Allah] have revealed to you as We have revealed to Ibrahim, Isma‘il, Ishaq, Ya‘qub ," 4:163 "Surely, those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Sabians, and the Christians - whoever believes in Allah ," 5:69 Say [to the People of the book], “. . . our God and your God is One, and to Him we submit (ourselves).” 29:46

9 3. No. Even though Allah is Based on God, the Quranic Allah does not theologically match the Biblical God.

10 "Allah . . . neither begot anyone, nor was he begotten," 112:2-3
"And [Allah] taught ’Adam the names, all of them," 2:31 "Say: “Obey Allah and the Messenger.” Then, should they turn back, Allah does not love the disbelievers," 3:32 "And if [Allah] had so willed, We would have led everybody to his right path, but the word from Me had come to pass: “I will certainly fill [Hell] with jinn and human beings together," 32:13 "And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah," 8:39

11 Is Allah God? Yes: Allah is Arabic for God. No: Allah is a term that refers to the Quranic God. Do we and Muslims worship the same God, and are we in fellowship with each other? No.


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