WHO IS ALLAAH?
Very often one will here the Arabic name “Allaah” being used in regards to Islaam. Allah is the Arabic word for “one God”. Allah is not God of Muslims only. He is God of all creations, because He is their Creator and Sustainer. Allaah is actually God’s name, and is also the same word used by Arabic speaking Christians and Jews. Therefore, “Allah” is God’s personal name in Islam. If one were to pick up an Arabic translation of the Bible, one would see the word “Allaah” being used where the word “God” is used in English. Actually, the Arabic word for Almighty God, “Allaah”, is quite similar to the word for God in other Semitic languages – for example, the Hebrew word for God is “Elah”. For various reasons, some non-Muslims mistakenly believe that Muslims worship a different God than Jews and Christians. This is certainly not the case, since the Pure Monotheism of Islaam calls all people to the worship of the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and all of the other prophets. However, even
