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Is it okay to call Allah God?

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Is it okay to call Allah God?

Yes you can call Him God but the preferred way for Him to be called is Allah.

Is Almighty God and Allah the same?

This is absolutely clear in Arabic, the Quran and Islamic law. In Arabic, the Qur’an and Sharia, Almighty God is Ilah and Allah is ‘the god’ in English. Therefore the Qur’an was named The Criterion, the criterion between good and evil.

Does Allah have hands?

Allah is described as having a Hand, a Foot, a Leg, a Face, two Hands, two Eyes, and other Attributes related to His Self and Actions as proved by the Qur’an and Sunnah.

What is the face of Allah?

Abstract: IN THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW, ALL CREATURES ARE SIGN OF UNION WITH ALLAH AND THEY ARE MIRROR OF DIVINE ATTRIBUTES; HENCE ALL THE WORLD IS CONSIDERED AS THE FACE OF ALLAH.

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Is the Prophet Muhammad alive?

Deceased
Muhammad/Living or Deceased

Is it okay to call God Allah?

The Traditional Answer is NO. You cannot call God Allah. The traditional way of handling the difficult question of whether or not it is okay to call God Allah is by comparing Christianity and Islam, and then saying that since the religions are so different, it would be wrong to name the Christian God Allah.

What is the meaning of the word Allah in Islam?

Allah is the primary Arabic word for God. It means ‘The God.’ There are some minor exceptions. For example, the Bible in some Muslim lands uses a word for God other than Allah (Farsi and Urdu are examples). But for more than five hundred years before Muhammad,…

Is Allah the actual name of God in the Quran?

Many Muslims believe that Allah is the actual name of the God in the Quran, rather than Allah being the Arabic word for the word God. They do not realise that it is wrong to personalise God as He is not a person.

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Is it blasphemy to refer to God as Allah?

Those who still insist that it is blasphemy to refer to God as Allah should also consider that Muhammad’s father was named Abd Allah, ‘God’s servant,’ many years before his son was born or Islam was founded!” —excerpted from Building Bridges by Fouad Accad (Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress), p. 22.