Posted on 01/10/2016 5:05:08 AM PST by Jandy on Genesis
With the rise of Islamic aggression, many question whether the God of Islam is the God of the Bible and the One revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. To adequately address this question, separate issues must be addressed. They are the linguistic development of ancient names for God found in the Qur'an and the Bible, and the theological distinctions between Islam's understanding of God and the Christian understanding of God.
Linguistic Development
The oldest known name for the Creator in the Bible is El (ʾēl) which corresponds to the Proto-Semitic Ê”-L. The L likely was a symbol of a throne or chief's seat and indicated power and authority. The Northwest Semitic ʾēl is cognate to the Proto-Arabic ʾIlÄh and the Akkadian ilum. Akkadian was the language of Nimrod's kingdom in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley. Nimrod was a Kushite kingdom builder according to Genesis 10:8: "Kush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth."
In Nigeria, the Hausa translation of the Bible uses Allah to designate the Creator and the God and Father of Jesus Christ. Allah is also used in Syrian Bibles. As a designation for God, Allah corresponds to the archaic El in the Hebrew Bible, as Dios in Spanish corresponds to Dieu in French. The name was used among Arabian and Syrian peoples long before the time of Mohammad. Allah is the compressed expression of al-ilah, meaning THE God.
Among Abraham's ancestors there were many names for the Creator. These included YHWH, Yah, El and Ilum. Another ancient name for God as Father is Ausa, sometimes spelled Asa. The Asante tribe bears this name. Asa-nte means "the people of Asa." The Egyptian word Asa refers to God as father. The word "Hausa" probably has a similar meaning: ha-Ausa, meaning the people of God.
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What caused you to excerpt your own material?
Do Muslims worship Jesus Christ?
No?
Then no.
No. Next question.
no, it is not the same God, linguistic somersaults notwithstanding.....
The Koran pushes rape and murder of non Muslims. That would not be God. That is a god.
Not just NO but HELL NO!
Cheers :D
Was worried about you for a bit..
Stupid question. Answer is always No, No and No.
Islam is the devil’s religion.
Do Muslims revere Jesus and Mary?
The answer is yes so now the question becomes why Muslims revere Jesus and Mary.
A follow-up question; Do Christians and Jews worship the same God?
Yes. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the God of the Trinity.
We can argue the details, but He is the same One.
There is only one true God. The Trinity is One. We do not confess three Gods, but one God in three persons, the “consubstantial Trinity.â€83 The divine persons do not share the one divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire: “The Father is that which the Son is, the Son that which the Father is, the Father and the Son that which the Holy Spirit is, i.e., by nature one God.â€84 In the words of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215): “Each of the persons is that supreme reality, viz., the divine substance, essence or nature.â€
Their closest connection is that Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness being tempted by Allah.
Muslims worship no one, i.e., no one is listening. Islam is a political system...not a religion. The goal is submission and world dominance.....not unlike Hitler.
Even if we concede arguendo that the name is just a linguistic variation, the Christian God is tripartite — Father’ Son, and Holy Spirit. The muslimes’ allah is a petulant tyrant whose “prophet” is a murderous pervert bent on owning this world.
You might as well ask if Odin and God are the same. After all, they’re both supreme deities aren’t they?
Tell a muslim that God had a son and he's likely to separate you from your head.
NO.
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