Why do
Muslims say Allah?
�Allah�
is the word Almighty God uses to describe Himself in the
Quran, the Holy Scripture for Muslims. Allah is the Creator
and Sustainer of the universe, the only one who is to be
worshipped.
What do Muslims believe about Allah?
The belief of the deity of Islam is pure,
pristine and simple monotheism. Allah is the only God
worthy to be worshipped. Islam offers the monotheistic
concept of Almighty God to be absolute, perfect, without any
deficiencies, without any partners and without comparing
Allah to anything that he has created.
Islam teaches Muslims to have unwavering
faith in the belief, in exactly what Allah has described
Himself in the Qur'an and whatever His Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him) has described Allah to be, no more and
no less.
Muslims must believe totally in all the
names, attributes and characteristics of Allah. One cannot
believe in some of them and yet disbelieve in others. Also,
one cannot accept the names of Allah without their
associated attributes. That is, one cannot say Allah is
Al-Hye (the Living) and then turn around and say that He
is without life. Nor can he says that Allah is Al-Baseer
(one who sees everything) and can say that He does not see.
We know that Allah says that He has hands,
but we do not imagine them to be compared in any way to the
hands of human being. Similarly, we cannot compare the
speech of Allah to the speech of humans. His attributes are
not like human attributes despite the similarity in terms,
labels or descriptions that are used in Islam to refer to
Allah.
Let us turn our attention to the
understanding that Muslims hold regarding the nature of
Allah:
Islam teaches that Allah is the ultimate in
His names, His attributes and His characteristics. For
example, He is the All Merciful, the All Loving, and All
Just and so on.
Allah is one, alone, worthy of all worship.
He has no partners or associates and there is none other
worthy of worship anywhere in the entire universe.
Allah is unique, incomparable; He is the only
God, the Creator, the Evolver, and the Sustainer of all that
exist, yet He is not created, nor is he sustained.
He is Eternal, All Powerful, Absolutely
Just, Totally Merciful, All Loving, All Compassionate, All
Gracious and All Forgiving.
Allah created the universe as a test
for Adam and the children of Adam to see if they would
worship Him alone without making partners or if they would
deny Him and refuse to worship Him as He has decreed, or
attempt to worship something other which He has created.
He sent His messengers to the mankind
to warn and guide the mankind to the right way and to the
righteous actions. Some of His messengers we called
prophets, like Abraham and David and
Suleiman, some He sent with books and writings such as
Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary (peace
be upon them all). Finally He sent Muhammad (peace
be upon him) as the last and final Messenger for all of
mankind. His book is the Holy Quran. It is the only
authentic revealed book remaining in the world today that
has been preserved without any change.
Are there other religions that accept the
name "Allah" for their deity?
The fact is, the Arabic Bible uses the word
"Allah" throughout the text.
Islam depends heavily on the word Allah
because Islam is the complete submission and obedience to
Allah - the name Allah in Islam never refers to Muhammad
(peace upon him) nor to anyone or anything else that Allah
has created.
Does Allah mean God?
In fact, in consideration of what we have
just discussed the perfect word to describe the one true God
of Monotheism could only be Allah.
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