Who gave someone the right to name the higher power above us "God" or "Allah" and who defines which is better?
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We don't have a different god. You call him God, we call him Allah, Turkish Muslims also call him Tanri, Germans call it Gott , and so on.. We are all taking about the same Almighty. \n\nMost off the wars nowadays start and carry on for only one reason; Power.
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the concept of a higher being came first. even today god is not a universal word for th higher being that a lot of people believe created humanity.
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peace on you ...\nWhere Does the word "Allah" Come From? \n"Allah" comes from the Arabic word "elah" - (Arabic) means 'a god' or something that is worshipped. This word (elah) can be made plural, as in "aleha" and it can be male or female. "Allah" comes from "elaha" but it brings more clarification and understanding. \n\nAllah = Has no gender (not male and not female)\n* "He" is used only out of respect and dignity - not for gender\nAllah = Always singular - Never plural \n* "We" is used only as the "Royal WE" just as in English for royalty\nAllah =Means "The Only One to be Worshipped"\n \nIs "Allah" only for Islam and Muslims? \n"Allah" is the same word used by Christian and Jewish Arabs in the Bible, before Islam came. \n\nOn page one [1] of Genesis in the Old Testament, we find the word "Allah" seventeen [17] times.\nmay Allah bless all of us and keep UNder the wings of His mercy
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Allah's love is more than 40 times than our mother's love toward us. That is the reason people don't get punished immediately as he gives them chance to change with understanding. \n\n\nNow understand ALLAH as follows\n\n\n\nTHE RELIGION OF ISLAM\nThe first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word "Islam" itself means.\n\nThe religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl Marx. Nor was it named after a tribe like Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam is the true religion of "Allah" and as such, its name represents the central principle of Allah's "God's" religion; the total submission to the will of Allah "God". The Arabic word "Islam" means the submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god worthy of worship "Allah" and anyone who does so is termed a "Muslim", The word also implies "peace" which is the natural consequence of total submission to the will of Allah. Hence, it was not a new religion brought by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Arabia in the seventh century, but only the true religion of Allah re-expressed in its final form.\n\nIslam is the religion which was given to Adam, the first man and the first prophet of Allah, and it was the religion of all the prophets sent by Allah to mankind. The name of God's religion Islam was not decided upon by later generations of man. It was chosen by Allah Himself and clearly mentioned in His final revelation to man. In the final book of divine revelation, the Qur'an, Allah states the following:\n"This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion". (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:3)\n\n"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah (God) never will It be accepted of Him" (Surah Aal'imraan 3:85)\n\n"Abraham was not a Jew nor Christian; but an upright Muslim."\n(Surah Aal'imraan 3:67)\n\nNowhere in the Bible will you find Allah saying to Prophet Moses' people or their descendants that their religion is Judaism, nor to the followers of Christ that their religion is Christianity. In fact, Christ was not even his name, nor was it Jesus! The name "Christ" comes from the Greek word Christos which means the anointed. That is, Christ is a Greek translation of the Hebrew title "Messiah". The name "Jesus" on the other hand, is a latinized version of the Hebrew name Esau.\n\nFor simplicity's sake, I will however continue to refer to Prophet Esau (PBUH) as Jesus. As for his religion, it was what he called his followers to. Like the prophets before him, he called the people to surrender their will to the will of Allah; (which is Islam) and he warned them to stay away from the false gods of human imagination.\n\nAccording to the New Testament, he taught his followers to pray as follows: "Yours will be done on earth as it is in Heaven".\nTHE MESSAGE OF ISLAM\n\nSince the total submission of one's will to Allah represents the essence of worship, the basic message of Allah's divine religion, Islam is the worship of Allah alone and the avoidance of worship directed to any person, place or thing other than Allah. Since everything other than Allah, the Creator of all things, is Allah's creation; it may be said that Islam, in essence calls man away from the worship of creation and invites him to worship only its Creator. He is the only one deserving man's worship as it is only by His will that prayers are answered. If man prays to a tree and his prayers are answered, it was not the tree which answered his prayers but Allah who allowed the circumstances prayed for to take place. One mi
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Allah is one of the names of God. if you believe there is just one God and no other god but just the One, then you believe in Allah..
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That question is simplistic. If you mean the God of the religions, of course not. If you mean the higher power that many people reach through prayer or meditation, that is another question. Even then, there is the question of whether that higher power is something that exists within each of us, or is it some kind of collective consciousness that is produced by all people, or.....You will have to define God to get an intelligent answer.
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you get to know allah
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Allah is the Arabic word for God....so...\nThe Wolof word for Allah (God) is YAALA.\n\nHowever if he was a Muslim he would use the word Allah when making pray
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People often get confused here. Allah is the arabic word (actually, one of many-just the most well-known) for God. Just like they say "Dios" in Spanish. What is it like living in Pakistan?
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"God" A term designed by humanity to describe a postulated preternatural being usually complete with special divine powers.\n\nYou asked Who is the God? And you mentioned a few names, Jesus, Allah, Buddha and Mahadeva. (one of the faces of Shiva) Well, let's look at them.\n\nJesus is the proposed son of man. God the father, (Yahweh or Allah) made flesh and sent to Earth to free man from sin. The source of the teachings of Jesus and what he believed is exclusively found within the documents known as the gospels. If you are a Christian, then Jesus is your god, as is his father (Yahweh) and the holly spirit. \n\nAllah, or 'god' is the proposed being that created the world. This is the same god of Hebrew torah and the Christian old testament. If you are a Muslim, then this is your god. Then again, technically, if you are a Christian or Jew, this is still your god sicne the same name can be found is all three faiths. \n\n"Mahadeva" or more accurately Shiva, is "the Pure One" or the "One who purifies everyone by the utterance of His name." And is one of the primary gods of the Hinduism and the head god of the Śaivism, a branch of Hinduism. If you subscribe to the Hindu faith, then Shiva is your god.\n\nBuddha, the enlightened one, was once stopped on the road and asked by a man, "Sir, are you a god." The mans asked the Buddha when he saw how peaceful he appeared.  "No." Said the Buddha.  "Are you a demigod then?" asked the man. "No." replied Buddha.  "Then are you great man?" asked the passerby. "No." replied the Buddha again. "Then what are you sir." The man final asked. "I am the one who is awake." Replied Buddha as we went on his way.  Buddha is not a god. He is not thought of as a god and he did not think of himself as a god. Buddha was a man that sought and found the truth and was awakened form the dream of life & death. He was a great teacher, but he was not a god, a profit or a savior, for according to Buddhism, no one can be saved by anyone except themselves. \n\nSo, who is god?  That's not something anyone can tell you. You need to look and find out for yourself. Who do I think god is? I don't. I think god is a man made myth used to scare people into doing what churches want them too.  This is why the history of god based religions is so bloody. Still, if the belief in a god helps a person feel better, then perhaps it is not a total waste. \n\nI hope this helps.
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Ability to make good decisions based on their beliefs in God. \n\nI believe in Allah the Most High .... He is One, and Only One worthy of Worship.
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Historical evidences, impartial logic, well versed references and all available circumstantial judgments can very well prove that—(a) Allah name of deity was pre-existed much before the arrival of Islam, (b) Pre-Islamic Pagan peoples worshipped Allah as their supreme deity (moon-god). Allah’s name existed in pre-Islamic Arab. In ancient Arab the Allah was considered to be the supreme God/deity (as Moon-God) and Arab Pagans worshipped Allah before Islam arrived. \n\nLet's examine below some valid questions and answers :\n\nDid the Pagan Arabs in pre-Islamic times worship 360 gods? Yes\n\nDid the pagans Arabs worship the sun, moon and the stars? Yes\n\nDid the Arabs built temples to the Moon-god? Yes\n\nDid different Arab tribes give the Moon-god different names/titles? Yes\n\nWhat were some of the names/titles? Sin, Hubul, Ilumquh, Al-ilah. \n\nWas the title “al-ilah” (the god) used as the Moon-god? Yes\n\nWas the word “Allah” derived from “al-ilah?” Yes\n\nWas the pagan “Allah” a high god in a pantheon of deities? Yes.\n\nWas he worshipped at the Kabah? Yes.\n\nWas Allah only one of many Meccan gods? Yes\n\nDid they place a statue of Hubul on top of the Kabah? Yes.\n\nAt that time was Hubul considered the Moon-god? Yes.\n\nWas the Kabah thus the “house of the Moon-god”? Yes.\n\nDid the name “Allah” eventually replace that of Hubul as the name of the Moon god? Yes.\n\nDid they call the Kabah the “house of Allah”? Yes.\n\nWere al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat called “the daughters of Allah”? Yes.\n\nYusuf Ali explains in fn. 5096, pg. 1445, that Lat, Uzza and Manat were known as “the daughters of God [Allah]”\n\nDid the Qur’an at one point tell Muslims to worship al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat? Yes. In Surah 53:19-20.\n\nHave those verses been “abrogated” out of the present Qur’an? Yes.\n\nWhat were they called? “The Satanic Verses.”\n\nThe variable names (Sin, Hubul, llumquh, Al-ilah) of moon god were used by various tribes of pagan Arabs. Pagan god SIN was the name of Moon-god. \n\nAllah is the name of the only God in Islam. Allah is a pre-Islamic name coming from the compound Arabic word Al-ilah which means the God, which is derived from al (the) ilah (deity). It was formerly the name of the chief god among the numerous idols (360) in the Kaaba in Mecca before Mohammed made them into monotheists. Today a Muslim is one who submits to the God Allah.\n\nIslam means submission to (Allah), but originally it meant that strength which characterized a desert warrior who, even when faced with impossible odds, would fight to the death for his tribe. (Dr. M. Baravmann, The Spiritual Background of Early Islam, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1972)\n\nMany believe the word “Allah” was derived from the mid- eastern word “el” which in Ugaritic, Caananite and Hebrew can mean a true or false God. This is not the case, “The source of this (Allah) goes back to pre-Muslim times. Allah is not a common name meaning “God” (or a “god”), and the Muslim must use another word or form if he wishes to indicate any other than his own peculiar deity.” (Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (ed. Hastings), I:326.)\n\nthis sounds like mohmmed  did away with idols.  huh?\n\n.
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in Islam when you say Allah(which is the same meaning as god but in Arabic)you say SUB HAN ALLAH=which means almighty god.\nand when you say a prophets name you say PEACE BE UPON HIM.\nSome gratings that have god in them are\nALLAH MA AK=which means god is with you\nALHAMDUALLAH= which means thanks to Allah\nSALAMU ALLAKUM WA RAHMATU ALLAH WA BARAKATU= which means peace be upon you and gods mercy to you.\ni hope this helped you a little bit.
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oha...............I never new this....but to me \nAllah is the Beneficent, the Merciful.\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\n1.1] All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.\n[1.2] The Beneficent, the Merciful.\n[1.3] Master of the Day of Judgment.\n[1.4] Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.\n[1.5] Keep us on the right path.\n[1.6] The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray. (Amin)
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ALLAH the one and only god
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look sweety\nallah is the god or lord.allah is the arabic translation of the word god.and the first step 2 becom a muslim is to say.(i wetniess that theres no god but allah,and i wetniess that Mohamed is his slave and his messenger.\njesus:-he is a messenger from the god allah sent him to the people 2 guied them and deliver Allah's messege.he is the son of meryam the vargin. he is not the son of the god cause the god is unique.he don't have sons or doughters god is the creatour of every thing.and i'll refer to an ayat from the koraan about allah and jesus and i'll give u a site of koraan translated in all the langauges.\n1. Say (O Muhammad ()): "He is Allâh, (the) One.\n\n2. "Allâh-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). \n\n3. "He begets not, nor was He begotten; \n\n4. "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him." \n\nsorah.alIkhlas,holly koraan.\nabout jesus:-\n30. "He ['Iesa (Jesus)] said: Verily! I am a slave of Allâh, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet;" \n\n31. "And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Salât (prayer), and Zakât, as long as I live." \n\n32. "And dutiful to my mother, and made me not arrogant, unblest. \n\n33. "And Salâm (peace) be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!" \n\n34. Such is 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). (it is) a statement of truth, about which they doubt (or dispute). \n\n35. It befits not (the Majesty of) Allâh that He should beget a son [this refers to the slander of Christians against Allâh, by saying that 'Iesa (Jesus) is the son of Allâh]. Glorified (and Exalted be He above all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing, He only says to it, "Be!" and it is. \n\n36. ['Iesa (Jesus) said]: "And verily Allâh is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him (Alone). That is the Straight Path. (Allâh's Religion of Islâmic Monotheism which He did ordain for all of His Prophets)." [Tafsir At-Tabarî] \nsourah,Mryam,Ayah 29.Holly Koran \nabout jesus too:-\n17. Surely, in disbelief are they who say that Allâh is the Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary) . Say (O Muhammad ): "Who then has the least power against Allâh, if He were to destroy the Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary), his mother, and all those who are on the earth together?" And to Allâh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them. He creates what He wills. And Allâh is Able to do all things.  \n\n18. And (both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are the children of Allâh and His loved ones." Say: "Why then does He punish you for your sins?" Nay, you are but human beings, of those He has created, He forgives whom He wills and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allâh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and to Him is the return (of all). \n\nsourah,ALmaa'da,Ayah 17,Holly Koraan\ntheres more and more to till u about Allah &Jesus the messenger of god (p.p)up on him. it's better to read the holly koraan but a real and orginal copy from it.\nfor me it's not logical that jesus is the god,cause chrestien says that jesus(p.p)up on him died in the cross.how could a creatour and god daie?.if he is a god how he couldn't protect him self form people he created?.is that logical?.i don't think so.\nany way i hope that i answered your question.but theres more to explain.try this links
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Allah is Arabic for God just as:\n\nSpanish Dios\nFrench Dieu\nGerman Gott\nItalian Dio\nDutch De god\nPortuguese Deus\nRussian Бог\nNorwegian Gud \n\nIn the Quran in Arabic there are 99 names for God.