TheWayTruth: Good point my friend.
Alexei: You know ... when you say Arab Christians refer to YHWH as Allah ... thats a LIE ... here, i'll show you why ...
Ok Firstly ... the OT and NT are written in Hebrew and Greek, none of them use the word Allah as any kind of reference or name for God almighty. So firstly, Allah is not the God of the Bible, and other common islamic claim used to justify facts that Allah is not a pagan God and/or the same God as that of the Bible is also false, heres why ...
The Word ALLAH in the Arabic Bible, by Abu Iman Robert Squires
The images below, with the exception of the first image, were taken directly from a translation of The Holy Bible in Arabic. Referred to in Arabic as "al-Kitaab al-Muqaddas," this is the scripture, which is used by Arabic-speaking Christians (of which there are still about 15 to 20 million in the Middle East). So that those unfamiliar with Arabic script have something to compare these images with, the first image below is a verse from the Qur'an - which is the Muslim scripture. In the images, the Arabic word "Allah" is underlined in red so that it can be easily identified. Upon comparing the images, one should be able to clearly see that the word "Allah" appears in both the Qur'anic verses and Bible verses. Indeed, the word "Allah" appears throughout Arabic translations of the Bible, since it is simply the Arabic name for Almighty God. The examples below will help quell the doubts of those who have been duped into believing that "Muslims worship a different god" - either by the hostile media or by Christian missionary propaganda. We hope that this serves as enough documentation for those who still have doubts about this. We could think of no other way to prove this point, except to encourage everyone to do further critical and open-minded research on their own.
[Gen.1:1] "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth . . . "
"Fee al-badi' khalaqa Allahu q_^||‘| as-Samaawaat wa al-Ard . . . "
[Joh.3:16] "For God so loved the world, that He gave . . . "
"Li-annhu haakadha ahabba Allahu q_^||‘| al-'Aalama hataa badhala . . . "
[Luke 1:30] " . . . Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God."
" ...Laa takhaafee, yaa Maryam, li-annaki qad wajadti ni'amat(an) 'inda Allahi q_^||‘|."
[Luk.3:38] " . . . the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God."
" . . . bini Anoosha, bini Sheeti, bini Aaadama, abni Allahi q_^||‘|."
[Mat.19:17] " . . . there is none good but One, that is, God"
" . . . laysa ahadun Saalihaan illa waahidun wa huwa Allahu q_^||‘|"
[Q.1:1] "In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the Compassionate"
"Bismi Allahi q_^||‘| ar-Rahmani, ar-Raheem"
This argument above is displayed in several Muslim web sites (i.e. submission.org) and often used by internet Muslim propagandists in their attempt to convince Western Christians to believe that Allah and Yahweh are basically the same God, since Arab Christians use the term Allah in the Arabic Bible.
Now lets read a portion of the rebuttal of those claims by a Christian who is probably very familiar with those kind of Muslim arguments, based on twisting words and contexts:
Answering-Islam site, a response to Abu Iman, by Andrew Vergo
Abu Iman 'Abd ar-Rahmaan Robert Squires attempt to convince us, for reasons unknown, that the God of the Bible and Qur'an are the same since both Muslims and Arab Christians use the word "Allah" to address God. This is partially true. In Arabic, the word Allah (or the (al) - God (`ilah)) is the masculine form of the noun for the name of God. The feminine form is al-`ilat. The noun "Allah" predates Islam and comes to the Arabic language from Syriac… Our Arab Christian brothers and sisters use the name "Allah" for the God of the Bible. Once again, Allah is simply the Arab word for god. In the Arabic Bible, the Word Elohim (Hebrew for God) or Theos (Greek for God) is always translated as Allah. Incidentally, the Arab Christians called God "Allah" LONG BEFORE THE BIRTH OF MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM! The author is confusing terms and concepts. There is no doubt, or argument, that the Arabic word "Allah" means God! Before the advent of Islam, the Arabs referred to Pagan deities, such as Hubal (the major god of the Kaa'bah and the city of Mecca), as "allah". Hubul, however, WAS NOT the same "Allah" preached by Muhammad. Likewise, the English term "god" can refer to the God of the Bible or to other deities such as Brahma, Osiris, Shiva, or Krishna who ARE NOT the same as the God of the Bible. The problem raised by this discussion is that the God (or Allah) of the Bible has radically different attributes and gives mankind a completely different message than the God (or Allah) of Islam. Therefore, in spite of a common name, they cannot be the same! The God (or Allah) of the Bible revealed His message of salvation and love, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, to humankind and, as it is often said, God knows best!
From this response we can clearly notice that the Christian concept of the term Allah among Christians has a different meaning then the Muslims, both theologically and linguistically. The Muslim apologist above failed to notice that God’s personal name, Yahweh, in that same Arabic translation he used for his argument has never been translated or substituted with Allah. He and his friends must have no clue regarding the different types of names that the Bible-deity has, unless if they are deliberately using that as a snare of deception! Nevertheless, both sides seem to agree on at least one point, and that is allaah and al-‘ilaah are basically the same word. Unfortunately that is not linguistically and etymologically correct. It is a trap where the majority from both sides stumble and fall and miss two key points:
When Islam rose it didn’t only revolutionised religious believes in Arabia but the whole language.
allaah and al’ilaah are simply homonyms but not synonyms.
This is interesting ...
Allah is the secret/cryptic name for the moon/crescent. Notice, both Allah and the crescent the same gemetria value, 66 (ALLH=1+30+30+5=66 and HLEL=5+30+1+30=66). The numbers 1 5 60, 1 62 3, 60 4 2, 3 61 2 when summed, by column and line, they make 66 the value for Allah and the crescent.
Very interesting taking into account that Pagans use Numerology of naming their gods, i can give you lots of examples of Greek/Roman gods that have numerology behind their names if you find it hard to beleive me. If allah's name in numerology has the same as that of the word Crescent/Moon ... Alexei brother, dont you think you should listen to what i was telling people in the moon god thread?
I hope this helps Alexei. Thanks.
Scorpz.