They are both very interested in the stars.
“Allah” is actually a moon god originally known as “Nana” or “Sin” and the Mormons believe that their god came from a planet known as “Kolob”.
I’m really ignorant about this, but how can ‘God’ come from a ‘planet’?
I thought God *created* planets...and they came out of HIM.
Well....Mormons believe that their god, who has a body of flesh & bones like us (because he started out as a human), lives on a planet NEAR to Star Kolob.
Speaking of names, the Book of Mormon has some that are a real hoot: Mosiah, Alma, Ether, Coriantumr, Gidgiddonah, Kumenonhi, Rameumptom, Sheum, Zarahemla, etc.
;^)
I had always heard that both the Hebrew name for God, Elohim, and the Arab name for God, Allah both come from ‘El’ which is an ancient Childean? name for God.