Originally posted by Cooley
Isnt Allah just the Arabic word for God in thier language?
even Arabic Speaking Christians and other Religions
use the word Allah to refer to thier God
Though it does commonly refer to the Islamic God in English,
is that some sort of bad PC thing he did? lol
sorry for the hijack
Allâh is the Arabic language word referring to "God", "the Lord" and, literally according to the Qur'an, to the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" in the Abrahamic religions. It does not mean "a god", but rather "the Only God", the Supreme Creator of the universe, and it is the main term for the deity in Islam.
Most Arabic-speaking Muslims, Christians and Jews (including the Yemenite Jews, several Mizra;i communities and some Sephardim) use "Allâh" as the proper noun for "God". Allâh is found in the Qur'an and in Arabic translations of both the Tanakh and the Gospels and even in the Indonesian translations of the Bible.
Outside the Arab world, the use of "Allâh" is associated with Islam, and is used to refer specifically to the Islamic concept of God. It is the same as the Jewish conception of a single God, but differs from the Trinitarian Christian conception of God.
Islamic scholars often translate "Allâh" directly into English as "God", especially Qur'an Alone Muslims. Other scholars feel that "Allâh" should not be translated arguing that "Allâh" is the term for "the Only God" in a glorified pronunciation. This is a significant issue when translating the Qur'an.
Taken from Wikipedia Link Spirituality is not religion. Religion divides people. Belief in something unites them. Cheers!
