By what name do we call Allah?
There was a time in America that most Americans did not know “Allah” was the name of God! Today it can be rightly assumed that most Americans know that if a Christian Arab or a Jewish Arab or a Muslim Arab call on their Creator they all would say; “Allah!” Since 911 there has been an extreme increase in general knowledge among the average American citizens about the proper name of The God, which is “Allah”. Now when a person mentions Allah by name around a non-Muslim the non-Muslim does not display a lack of awareness of who is being referred to. They know that “Allah” is referring to their God.
What is extremely disturbing today in the twenty first century there are Muslims who feel it necessary to compromise their Deen and disrespecting their Creator by using the word God when they know His proper “Name is Allah”! Then to make things worst they feel extremely proud to communicate with other Muslims in writing with the G-d. Why? Only Allah knows why a Muslim who reads the Qur'an and pray salah would regularly use God in speech and G-d in writing!
Dear Muslims stop calling Allah by an inferior name, one He has not told us to call Him by. Stop being more concerned about offending a non-Muslim by say Allah and be more concerned about your own salvation by calling Allah as He wants us to. We are here to worship Allah not appease non- Muslims.
“The most beautiful names belong to Allah: so call on Hill by them; but shun such men as use profanity in His names: for what they do they will soon be requited.” Qur'an Sura Al-A'raf 7:180 (Y.A. translation)
“Allah! There is no god but He! To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names.” Qur'an Sura Ta-ha 20:8 (Y.A. translation)
“He is Allah the Creator the Evolver the Bestower of Forms (or colors). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the exalted in Might the Wise.” Qur'an Sura Al-Hashr 59:24 (Y.A. translation)
(from Internet) "The Muslims prefer calling the Supreme Creator, Allah, instead of by the English word ‘God’. The Arabic word, ‘Allah’, is pure and unique, unlike the English word ‘God’, which can be played around with.
If you add ‘s’ to the word God, it becomes ‘Gods’, that is the plural of God. Allah is one and singular, there is no plural of Allah. If you add ‘dess’ to the word God, it becomes ‘Goddess’ that is a female God. There is nothing like male Allah or female Allah. Allah has no gender. If you add the word ‘father’ to ‘God’ it becomes ‘God-father’. God-father means someone who is a guardian. There is no word like ‘Allah-Abba’ or ‘Allah-father’. If you add the word ‘mother’ to ‘God’, it becomes ‘God-mother’. There is nothing like ‘Allah-Ammi’, or ‘Allah-mother’ in Islam. Allah is a unique word. If you prefix tin before the word God, it becomes tin-God i.e., fake God. Allah is a unique word, which does not conjure up any mental picture nor can it be played around with. Therefore the Muslims prefer using the Arabic word ‘Allah’ for the Almighty. Sometimes, however, while speaking to the non-Muslims we may have to use the inappropriate word God, for Allah.”
A statement from a Jewish women indicates the use of the G-d! (from Internet)
“I grew up going to yeshiva and never received such a lovely explanation. My daughter is five years old now and I have been searching for a way to explain something unseen. At four years old she asked if our Rabbi was G-d this was confusing and difficult for me to respond to. Now I feel I have a strong explanation.”
"The following is a very good explanation as to why a Jewish person will us G-d! Remember Muslims are under the guidance of the Qur'an not any Jewish understandings or practices.
Jews interpret the law given by Moses as a prohibition against transcribing the name of God, because they feel that if God is recorded onto a piece of paper, there is the possibility that the name will be disrespected or destroyed in some way. The general concern with writing G-d in its true form is that it might be erased, defaced by being crossed out or scribbled upon, torn, thrown in the trash, or ravaged in some other way. Writing G-d instead of God communicates the writer’s idea effectively, but since G-d is incomplete, there is no risk of defacement. The Jews have other names for their creator besides G-d, including Hashem, YHVH, Elohim, and El Shaddai, which are also not written in their complete form.
There are, however, exceptions to the prohibition of writing God rather than G-d. The Jews believe that on occasion, it is acceptable to write God when there is no likelihood that the written word will be defaced. This includes the written form of God in the Torah, which is the Hebrew Bible, also found in the first five books of the Christian Bible. Writing the name of God is not prohibited when it is done carefully, with foresight and respect."
Dear Mu'minun (Believers), those who follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah of Muhammad (SAW):
As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu wa maghfiratuh! Please do not respond to this giving reasons as to why you do this! This would be improper, amounting to Shirk! No person has been pointed out, no names have been given, so take all you complaints or excuses to Allah (SWT) were they will be dealt with properly, insha'Allah. Please do not try to argue this with mere humans, Allah (SWT) is the only One we need to answer to! Please correct yourselves and seek Allah's (SWT) forgiveness.
For you who have read this this has been an admonition for you so heed. I am just a deliver of the truth! I will not respond to any rebuttal on this; for if you feel or think different than this then you are beyond my responsibility! Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah anything that I have stated here is correct it is from Allah (SWT) and anything that is not correct it is from me and may Allah (SWT) forgive me! Amin. May we as Muslim start using Allah's proper Name “Allah” and His other 99 Beautiful Names! Amin! Ma salaam!
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It is an universal practice to call a person by the name they were given at birth or the name they chose to take and not call that person by the meaning of it in the language of the land!
ReplyDeleteExample: I was born Akmal but no one would dare to call me Perfected or Completed. The world has millions of examples that prove that a person's name is extremely important to the point that no one would change pronunciation of the name to the meaning of the name. So, Allah (SWT) is the Creator of us all and He has given us His Name which is Arabic. All Muslims know this! There is no Muslim that does not know Allah's (SWT) name to be Allah! Now when you go to a foreign county do they call you by their meaning your name or do they respect you and call you by your name. Allah's Name in every county is Allah!
Our brothers from the east were afraid when they came here many many years ago and they accepted many compromises in their Deen. Example: Mosque - Masjid, Koran - Qur'an, Moslem -Muslim, Religion -Deen, and the list goes on. It is time we stop this downward compromising of our Deen! Allah (SWT) has never given anyone the authority to change His Name after the Qur'an, which is what all of humanity is to follow till the day of Judgement!
What is of most importance is that the Qur'an abrogates all that came before it. We as Mu'minun must strive to bring about an Islamic government on earth, we must strive to return the Khalifah! There is nothing wrong for a non-Muslim to call Allah (SWT) by what ever they know. But the only reason a Muslim does this is because they learned from weak Muslims when they first came to the west! These weak Muslims compromised their Deen by accepting it, instead of saying Allah is the proper name of the one you call God. They wanted to fit in and they have.
But the final concern should not be what others are doing but what are you doing and what you are leading others to do. For we all will be brought before Allah (SWT) on that great and dreadful Day to answer to what we have done and why we lead "so and so" to do what we instructed by our own actions and deeds. That is my concern: Your salvation!
If any Muslim wants to call Allah (SWT) God they can for Allah (SWT) has given every human free will and therefore they can say and do what ever they want! But... there will be a time when we will answer for it as stated above! As stated else were I am only delivering the message! Follow the Qur'an one hundred percent! Allah's proper name is Allah! Ma salaam!
Assalaamu 'alaikum and Ramadan Mubarak.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind using "God ", as that's the universal term for the Creator in English.
My gripe is with Muslims spelling as "g-d ". The Jews follow that practice because in their view, writing the Creator's name is demeaning , it diminishes his majesty. Some Muslims have wrongly said it's because in reverse it reads "dog ", but they don't know that for Jews, they also do the same with lord. They write "l-rd ".
If these are legitimate concerns, just use the name of Allah. However, I think this practice has become a part of identity politics in some Muslim circles, which is the real intention ( as opposed to the whole "God vs dog "argument or that non Muslims are offended and turned off by Allah's name etc).
Wassalaam
Imam Shamsuddin Waheed
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