Allah and God are not the same... - Democratic Underground

LostInAnomie

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Thu May-27-04 10:15 PM
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Allah and God are not the same...

Edited on Thu May-27-04 10:23 PM by LostInAnomie

...at least that is what some freeper is trying to convince me of on another site. To "prove" it he posted this shit. I have checked a few of his references and many are out of context, but any other help you can give me would be appreciated.

"There is no God But Allah, and Muhammad is the profit (or messenger) of Allah, "starts the great Shahada, or "confession", which every faithful Muslim around the world declares daily. This declaration effectively distinguishes Muslims from every other world religion, including Christianity and Judaism.

Islam rejects the biblical doctrines of the Trinity and the deity of Jesus Christ. God the Father does not exist in Islam. The Muslim God is unapproachable by sinful man, and the Muslims only true desire is to submit to the point where he can hold back the judging arm of Allah and inherit eternal pleasure in a heavenly paradise in terms of food, wine, and sexual pleasures.

To Muslims, God has no likeness (Sura 42:11), transcendent¹ (Sura 4:171), is unknowable (apart from revelation), and is wholly other and totally different. He is neither physical or spirit. The Bible, contradicting the Qur'an, tells us that we have been created in God's image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-27) and thar we have knowledge of God in our hearts (Romans 1:19-20). Moreover, Scripture tells us that God is Spirit (John 4:24).

But Allah is not only a harsh, wrathful God, although the overwhelming impression given by the Qur'an is that he is sovereign, distant and angry. Muslims also believe that he is loving and merciful (Sura 11: 90). But unlike Christians,Muslims do not emphasize a personal relationship with God. Scripture tells us that those who trust in Christ and do the Father's will have been redeemed and have been adopted as sons (Romans 8:14-15 ; Galatians 3:26). We are heirs of God (Galatians 4: 7) and the Father deals with us as his children (Matthew 12:47; Mark 3:35; Hebrews 12:5,7). We can even be called His friends (John 15:13-15; James 2:23). On the other hand, those who deny the Son have the devil for their father (John 8:4).

One of the prerogatives of the Qur'an is abrogation, a legal term referring to the "destruction or annulling of a former law by an act of the legislative power, by constitutional authority or by usage. This act of substitution is taught is three separate places in the Quar'an, Sura 2:100/106, Sura 13-29 and Sura 16-101. Since substitution means replacing one thing for another for some purpose, why is it even necessary if the Qur'an is the "eternal speech of Allah?" This seems to indicate that Allah can change his mind, something vastly different from our biblical God who is unchangeable in his character and essence. If Allah is the Al-knowing, on what basis is there a need to substitute? Jesus said He did not come to destroy the Law, but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17) and that heaven and earth would pass away before the smallest jot or tittle would pass away (5:18). Scripture is never abrogated, because God does not change (Malachi (3:6). So since the Qur'an is abrogated no serious student of religion could ever make the contention that God and Allah are one and the same.

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