Islam from your e-mail sender is wrong.
It is truly saddening for a person to express ridiculous fictions whom the person call facts to be known to readers that Islam is a Religion of hopelessness and that is is the Religion of Error, worshipping Satan. I am not referring to you "the truth" but to the sender of that e-mail. I would like to point out some pointers that is totally wrong and misunderstood.
The e-mail wrote:
In an address last November to Thomas Nelson Publishing, John MacArthur had the opportunity to draw such lines. “‘Allah’ is not another name for God,” John began his address, “It is another name for Satan.” This is a message that both the world and the church need to hear—the religion of Islam is satanic in origin and is utterly incompatible with the gospel of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 10:19-20).
My reply :
John MacArthur, i guess he has not research much about Islam to express his unworthy address.
"'Allah' is not another name for God, it is another name for Satan"
This is indicating that Allah means Satan or as a majority Christians would say Allah means "Moon God."
I stress that Allah does not mean Satan. Here is the true meaning and the reason for it:
Just to correct this. Allah, in arabic does neither mean "Moon God" nor "Satan"
Moon God in arabic is called "ilaahul qamar"
Satan in Arabic is called "syaitan" or "Syatana"
Allah comes from the word "Al-ilah"
"Al" means "The"
"ilah" means "God"
Therefore "Al-ilah" means "The God"
The reason why "Allah" is use by the islamic world instead of "Al-ilah" is this.
Ancient Arabs decided that "Al-ilah" was quit complicated to pronounce especially the word is usually spoken continuously in prayers. So by making the pronounciation easy, the Arabs changed the spelling to "Allah".
There are also other arabic words that are changed by the Arabs so as to suit their convenience. "Allah" is one of the words.
They changed the spellling but the meaning is still the same. And Moon God is not the meaning of "Allah" and that Satan is obviously out of meaning. Perhaps u have look upon the wrong dictionary.
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The e-mail wrote:
Islam rejects the Trinity and the God of the Bible, insisting instead that Allah alone is the one true deity. It denies that Jesus is God, that He died on the cross, and that He was raised from the dead. Instead, say Muslims, Jesus was but one of thousands of prophets sent by Allah, the greatest of them being Mohammed. In other words, Jesus was merely a man.
My reply:
Islam rejects the Trinity and the God of the Bible
Yes Islam reject the Trinity, but we do not reject the God of the Bible as according to Islam, the God of the Bible is the God Islam is worshipping now. This applies to Jews. Muslims are taught to respect the holy books of Jews and Christians as it came from the same God Islam is worshipping.
It denies that Jesus is God, that He died on the cross, and that He was raised from the dead
So which is which? The last time i hear, Jesus is Son of God, and now he is God? Well ok, we that is of another matter. What i want to point out is that Islam denies Jesus is God, but instead as a Prophet send by God to lead Humanity out of darkness. We do not believe he died on the cross but we believe he was raised. He was raised not from the dead but as a living person just before his enemis caught up with him. And according to Islam, it was not Jesus that the enemies tortured, but it is of another person whom God transform his facial apperance to that similar of Jesus. And that too is not i want to concentrate on here.
Jesus was but one of thousands of prophets sent by Allah, the greatest of them being Mohammed
John McArthur got his "facts" wrong here again. prophets sent by Allah. Yes, Muslims say Jesus is one of the many prophes sent by Allah. But according to the "Hadith" (a book recording and listing all the deeds and speeches of Muhammad, peace to be upon him), Mohammad do not like to be compared among the other prophets as being the Greatest. He said that himself in the book. Go check it up.
Jesus was merely a man
This John is indicating that Muslims regard Jesus as merely a man, nothing much. But to Islam, we love Jesus and we consider him among the most holiest. There are many prophets, the Quran only make it known to people, 25 prophets of whose words are important and for us to heed. Jesus is one of those 25 prophets listed. If Islam says that Jesus is merely a man, then why is his name (among other prophets not stated), listed in the Quran, the holiest book of Islam?
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The e-mail wrote:
Clearly, Islam and Christianity are mutually exclusive. Both claim to be the only true way to God, but both cannot be right. There is no atonement in Islam, no forgiveness, no savior, and no assurance of eternal life. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a message of hope; Islam is a religion of hopelessness.
My reply:
A totally biased judgement express by John McArthur. If he did not know much about Islam (see the mistakes he made above) then how could he make a ridiculous conclusion that assume Islam is a religion of hopelessness?