Is Allah mentioned in the Bible?

Allah and the god of the Bible
Arabic-speaking Christians call God Allah, and Gideon bibles, quoting John 3:16 in different languages, assert that Allah sent his son into the world.

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Who is Allah according to the Bible?

Allah is the standard Arabic word for God and is used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews as well as by Muslims.

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Do they call God Allah in the Bible?

Allah is the standard Arabic word for “God” and is used by Arab Christians as well . Allāh 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.

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Is Allah the same as Yahweh?

Though Muslims and Christians can describe Allah and Yahweh in similar ways at times, they are not the same god.

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Does the Quran relate to the Bible?

The Quran, the central religious text of Islam, contains references to more than fifty people and events also found in the Bible. While the stories told in each book are generally comparable, there are also some notable differences.

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"Allah" does NOT mean God (Excerpt Clip)

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Do Muslims believe in the same God as Christians?

Most mainstream Muslims would generally agree they worship the same God that Christians — or Jews — worship. Zeki Saritoprak, a professor of Islamic studies at John Carroll University in Cleveland, points out that in the Quran there's the Biblical story of Jacob asking his sons whom they'll worship after his death.

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Which is older Islam or Christianity?

'Islam is the oldest religion in the world, founded by Adam, and it was reborn with Abraham and a second time with Muhammad. Between Abraham and Muhammad, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity emerged in this order.

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What is Allah called in Hebrew?

Mainstream Bible translations in the language use Allah as the translation of Hebrew Elohim (translated in English Bibles as "God").

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What is the oldest religion in the world?

The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातन धर्म, lit.

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Does Islam believe in Old Testament?

Secondly, Muslims believe in the previous scriptures in their original forms as opposed to the current ones. The reason for this are the changes that have undoubtedly occurred in the Bible and the Torah.

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Why do Christians say Allah?

When Muslims say “Allah” and Christians say “God,” we are both referring to the Creator God, who alone is God over all.

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Do Muslims believe the Bible is the word of God?

Muslim religious authorities view these books (i.e., the Bible, or parts of it) as having been altered and interpolated over time, while maintaining that the Quran remains as the final, unchanged and preserved word of God.

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Where is Muhammad mentioned in the Bible?

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said that Mount Sinai refers to Moses, Mount Seir "the Mount of Esau" refers to Jesus, and Mount Paran "the Mount of Ishmael" refers to Muhammad. Since then, many Muslim scholars have looked to Deuteronomy 33 as containing a prophetic prediction of Muhammad.

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What religion was Jesus?

He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues. He preached from Jewish text, from the Bible.

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Is Allah the Creator of God?

The One true God is a reflection of the unique concept that Islam associates with Allah. To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty Creator and Sustainer of the universe, Who is similar to nothing, and nothing is comparable to Him.

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What language did Jesus speak?

Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia. The oldest preserved inscriptions are from this period and written in Old Aramaic.

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Which is the most powerful religion in the world?

Major religious groups
  • Christianity (31.1%)
  • Islam (24.9%)
  • Irreligion (15.6%)
  • Hinduism (15.2%)
  • Buddhism (6.6%)
  • Folk religions (5.6%)

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What is the first religion in the Bible?

Judaism, the oldest Abrahamic religion, is based on a strict, exclusive monotheism, finding its origins in the sole veneration of Yahweh, the predecessor to the Abrahamic conception of God. The names of God used most often in the Hebrew Bible are the Tetragrammaton (Hebrew: יהוה, romanized: YHWH) and Elohim.

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What religion spread the fastest?

Modern growth. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world. In 1990, 1.1 billion people were Muslims, while in 2010, 1.6 billion people were Muslims.

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What language did Adam & Eve speak?

The Adamic language, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the midrashim) and some Christians, is the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden.

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What was Jesus name in Aramaic?

Jesus (/ˈdʒiːzəs/) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew and Aramaic name Yeshua or Y'shua (Hebrew: ישוע).

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Is Allah and Shiva same?

Some have argued that Lord Shiva is not Allah. Christians believe that Jesus is the true God. The god of Hinduism is Satan, all the gods in Hinduism are man-made gods. Similarly, Muslims ignore the fact that Allah is the true God, the God of Hinduism or Shiva is not Allah.

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What does Islam say about Christianity?

Muslims view Christians to be People of the Book, and also regard them as kafirs (unbelievers) committing shirk (polytheism) because of the Trinity, and thus, contend that they must be dhimmis (religious taxpayers) under Sharia law.

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How long will Islam last?

In more than 15 ahadith found in the Sahih of Imam Bukhari, Sunnan of Imam Abu Dawwud, Jamii of Imam Tirmidhi and others, the prophet (saws) said Islam has a specific lifespan on earth, these Ahadith state Allah gave Islam 1500 years then relatively soon after this He would establish the Hour, we are now in the year ...

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Do Muslims believe in Moses?

Moses is an important prophet in the Muslim faith as well as in Judaism and Christianity. Muslims call him Musa.

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