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79 CHAPTER 0 God God in the Qur’an In Islam, the name for God, the one and only God, is Allah, which means, simply, “the God.” The word is derived from al-ilāh, shortened into Allāh ( 126 only God, is Allah, which means, simply, ortened into Allah (��) by frequent typset the Hebrew here and in the next in both Hebrew and Arabic. Allah is not in Hebrew. Rather, in the Islamic rity," contains the most basic creedal ents the essential understanding of God below is directly associated with the it. The nature of the line spacing as it is ) by frequent use. The equivalent in Hebrew would be ha-el (ktv), and in fact the root of the word is the same in both Hebrew and Arabic. Allah is not a proper name, as is the unpronounceable name of God in Hebrew. Rather, in the Islamic religious formulation, God has no personal name. Chapter 2 of the Qur’an, called the “Chapter of Sincerity,” contains the most basic creedal statement of Islamic theology in the Qur’an, and represents the essential understanding of God in Islam in general. The Basic Creed: God in Islam: Say, “It is God! The One! God is eternal neither giving birth nor having been born. Nothing is comparable to Him.” Firestone 1/25/2008 CE: HR Chapter 10: God GOD IN THE QUR'AN In Islam, the name for God, the one and only God, is Allah, which means "the God." The word is derived from al-ilah, shortened into Allah (��) by use. The equivalent in Hebrew would be ha-el (���), and in fact the root of the word is the same in both Hebrew and Arabic. Alla a proper name, as is the unpronounceable name of God in Hebrew. Rather, in the Islamic religious formulation, God has no personal name. Chapter 112 of the Qur'an, called the "Chapter of Sincerity," contains the most basic cree statement of Islamic theology in the Qur'an, and represents the essential understanding o inIslam in general. >THE BASIC CREED: GOD IN ISLAM: � �� �� � � � �� � �� � ��� � Say, "It is God! The One! Firestone 1/25/2008 CE: HR � ��� � � �� � �� � God is eternal ��� ��� � ��� �� � ��� �� � ��� � neither giving birth nor having been born. Firestone 1/25/2008 CE: HR � ��� � � �� � �� � God is eternal ��� ��� � ��� �� � ��� �� � ��� � neither giving birth nor having been born. � �� �� � �� �� �� � � �� � �� �� � ��� �� � Firestone 1/25/2008 CE: HR � ��� � � �� � �� � God is eternal ��� ��� � ��� �� � ��� �� � ��� � neither giving birth nor having been born. � �� �� � �� �� �� � � �� � �� �� � ��� �� � Nothing is comparable to Him." 80 A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O I S L A M F O R J E W S The four essential statements of the creed can be understood in the following ways: Verse . Say, It is God! The One! The first two words of the creed could be the answer to virtually any question. Who and what are we referencing when we ask about anything in the cosmos? The answer is, “It is God.” The unity of God is absolute in Islam. God is the source of the world and all within it. God is the absolute foundation . All is God, and all is One. God is the only permanent being or essence and the only power in the world because all power and all majesty derive from God. Therefore, it is only God who can be adored and worshiped. Verse 2. God is eternal. God’s limitless nature is certain, but it remained to be worked out in theological discourse exactly what that meant. Various schema were developed by theologians and mystics to make sense of the limitless eternality of God and the relationship between God and nature, matter, the soul, and time, all of which required careful exploration of physics and metaphysics, science and theology. Verse 3. Neither giving birth nor having been born. Because of God’s limitless nature, God could give birth if God so willed, but God does not. Having been born assumes a state of deficiency or incompletion that cannot be applied to the perfect and absolute nature of God. Giving birth and sending a corporeal divine power to walk within humanity is absurd in Islamic thinking, because it suggests limitation and division of the divine essence; and dividing the unified nature of God into parts is tantamount to idolatry. The Qur’an is explicit in its condemnation of the Christian trinity: “Those who say God is one third of a trinity certainly blaspheme, for there is no deity except the One God” (Q.5:73...

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