09-16-2003, 04:14 PM
Paul said:
Some Muslim websites say "Allah" is their god's unique personal name:
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But, regardless, whether "Allah" is a name or just a title or even a title that became a name, the god of Islam ISN'T named YHWH, so he isn't my Elohim as far as I'm concerned. Speaking of Islam, I heard the director of this website, a convert from Islam and former Fatah (PLO) terrorist, speak at my congregation last Erev Shabbat:
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Shlama, Craig
Quote: So when we call the "God" of Abraham "Alaha", we are not calling him by his name. We are simply stating what He is - "God." It's only a simple title.
His proper personal Name is hwhy - and in Aramaic we call him 0yrm which contains a contraction of the Hebrew name.
In Arabic, unfortunately, there is no relation to this name. They simply call him by the generic term "Allah", which is only a title. Many of them do not realize that the word is only a title and not a proper, personal name.
Some Muslim websites say "Allah" is their god's unique personal name:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.muslim.org/islam/allah.htm">http://www.muslim.org/islam/allah.htm</a><!-- m -->
But, regardless, whether "Allah" is a name or just a title or even a title that became a name, the god of Islam ISN'T named YHWH, so he isn't my Elohim as far as I'm concerned. Speaking of Islam, I heard the director of this website, a convert from Islam and former Fatah (PLO) terrorist, speak at my congregation last Erev Shabbat:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hopeforishmael.org/">http://www.hopeforishmael.org/</a><!-- m -->
Shlama, Craig