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Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. \u00c2\u00a0This is totally false, since \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is simply the Arabic word for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – and there is only One God.\u00c2\u00a0 Let there be no doubt – Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus – peace be upon them all.\u00c2\u00a0 However, it is certainly true that Jews, Christians and Muslims all have different concepts of Almighty God.\u00c2\u00a0 For example, Muslims – like Jews – reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine Incarnation.\u00c2\u00a0 This, however, does not mean that each of these three religions worships a different God – because, as we have already said, there is only One True God.\u00c2\u00a0 Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Abrahamic Faiths\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and all of them are also classified as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153monotheistic.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 However, Islam teaches that other religions have, in one way or another, distorted and nullified a pure and proper belief in Almighty God by neglecting His true teachings and mixing them with man-made ideas.<\/p>\n
First of all, it is important to note that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is the same word that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use for God.\u00c2\u00a0 If you pick up an Arabic Bible, you will see the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d being used where \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is used in English.\u00c2\u00a0 This is because \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a word in the Arabic language equivalent to the English word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with a capital \u00e2\u20ac\u0153G\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Additionally, the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cannot be made plural, a fact which goes hand-in-hand with the Islamic concept of God.<\/p>\n
It is interesting to note that the Aramaic word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153El\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which is the word for God in the language that Jesus spoke, is certainly more similar in sound to the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d than the English word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 This also holds true for the various Hebrew words for God, which are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153El\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Elah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and the plural or glorified form \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Elohim.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 The reason for these similarities is that Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic are all Semitic languages with common origins.\u00c2\u00a0 It should also be noted that in translating the Bible into English, the Hebrew word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153El\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is translated variously as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153god\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153angel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d! \u00c2\u00a0This imprecise language allows different translators, based on their preconceived notions, to translate the word to fit their own views.\u00c2\u00a0 The Arabic word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d presents no such difficulty or ambiguity, since it is only used for Almighty God alone.\u00c2\u00a0 Additionally, in English, the only difference between \u00e2\u20ac\u0153god\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, meaning a false god, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, meaning the One True God, is the capital \u00e2\u20ac\u0153G\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Due to the above mentioned facts, a more accurate translation of the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d into English might be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The One -and-Only God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The One True God.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
More importantly, it should also be noted that the Arabic word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d contains a deep religious message due to its root meaning and origin.\u00c2\u00a0 This is because it stems from the Arabic verb ta\u00e2\u20ac\u2122allaha (or alaha), which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to be worshipped.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 Thus in Arabic, the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The One who deserves all worship.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 This, in a nutshell, is the Pure Monotheistic message of Islam.<\/p>\n
Suffice it to say that just because someone claims to be a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153monotheistic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jew, Christian or Muslim, that does not keep them from falling into corrupt beliefs and idolatrous practices.\u00c2\u00a0 Many people, including some Muslims, claim belief in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d even though they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve fallen into acts of idolatry.\u00c2\u00a0 Certainly, many Protestants accuse Roman Catholics of idolatrous practices in regards to the saints and the Virgin Mary.\u00c2\u00a0 Likewise, the Greek Orthodox Church is considered \u00e2\u20ac\u0153idolatrous\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by many other Christians because in much of their worship they use icons.\u00c2\u00a0 However, if you ask a Roman Catholic or a Greek Orthodox person if God is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, they will invariably answer: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes!.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 This claim, however, does not stop them from being \u00e2\u20ac\u0153creature worshipping\u00e2\u20ac\u009d idolaters.\u00c2\u00a0 The same goes for Hindus, who just consider their gods to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153manifestations\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153incarnations\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the One Supreme God.<\/p>\n
Before concluding\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 there are some people out there, who are obviously not on the side of truth, that want to get people to believe that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is just some Arabian \u00e2\u20ac\u0153god\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Such as the claim propagated by Robert Morey in his work, The Moon-god Allaah in the Archeology of the Middle East<\/i>. For a discussion of this work, please see the following link- http:\/\/www.islamic-awareness.org\/Quran\/Sources\/Allah\/moongod.html), and that Islam is completely \u00e2\u20ac\u0153other\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – meaning that it has no common roots with the other Abrahamic religions (i.e. Christianity and Judaism).\u00c2\u00a0 To say that Muslims worship a different \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because they say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is just as illogical as saying that French people worship another God because they use the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dieu\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, that Spanish-speaking people worship a different God because they say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dios\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or that the Jews worshipp a different God because they sometimes call Him \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yahweh.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0Certainly, reasoning like this is quite ridiculous! \u00c2\u00a0It should also be mentioned, that claiming that any one language uses the only the correct word for God is tantamount to denying the universality of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s message to mankind, which was to all nations, tribes and people through various prophets who spoke different languages.<\/p>\n
We would like to ask our readers about the motives of these people? \u00c2\u00a0The reason is that the Ultimate Truth of Islam stands on solid ground and its unshakeable belief in the Unity of God is above reproach.\u00c2\u00a0 Due to this, Christians can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t criticize its doctrines directly, but instead fabricate things about Islam that aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t true so that people lose the desire to learn more.\u00c2\u00a0 If Islam were presented in the proper way to the world, it surely might make many people reconsider and re-evaluate their own beliefs.\u00c2\u00a0 It is quite likely that when they find out that there is a universal religion in the world that teaches people to worship and love God, while also practicing Pure Monotheism, would at least feel that they should re-examine the basis for their own beliefs and doctrines.<\/p>\n
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