Like Christians and Jews, Muslims are monotheistic, which means they only believe in one God who they call Allah, the Arabic name for God. Islam was founded in the Middle East over 1400 years ago by a man named Muhammad who gave Allah’s message to the people on Earth and introduced the...
masc. proper name, biblical son of Abraham and Hagar, driven into the wilderness with his mother, from HebrewYishma'el, literally "God hears," fromyishma, imperfective ofshama"he heard." The Arabs claim descent from him. Figurative sense of "an outcast," "whose hand is against every man...
Allah, is an Arabic word, is the unique name of God. Muslims prefer to use Allah rather than God. Allah is the God, all-merciful, all-powerful and all-knowing creator, sustainer, ordainer and judge of the universe. He is unique (wahid) and inherently one (ahad), all-merciful and om...
not even his own name. In today's world he would have to use an "X" to "sign" a document. He used a signet ring worn on the little finger of his right hand to seal any documents or letters sent to the leaders of other lands. ...
with such high ideals that I did not consider myself worthy of the name Muslim but I wholeheartedly believed that Islam was God’s last and most perfect religion for all mankind, based on God’s final revelation, the Qur’an, and the prophet Muhammad, God’s seal of prophethood. My ...
In Arabic, the name for God is Allah, and Muslims believe he is the very same God who revealed his teachings to previous prophets like Abraham, Moses and Jesus (among others), but that his final revelation was to the Prophet Muhammad. Allah, as described in the Quran, is compassionate ...
It is common for Muslims today to misunderstand the purpose and value of the names we give our children. Just because a word or name is in the Quran or hadeeth of our prophet, peace be upon him -DOESN'T MEAN IT IS GOOD. As a matter of fact, many of the names in use today by ...
In the name of God Most Gracious, Most Merciful For those who strive hard in (to serve or to know) Us, certainly will We guide them to Our paths, and verily Allah is with those who do good. (29:69) Welcome brothers and sisters. This site was created to disseminate to the public ...
“the agreement of the whole community” but in actuality a consensus among authoritative theologians competent to judge different religious, legal, and everyday questions not covered in the Koran and sunna), Shiism gives only to the imam and to the mujtahids (who act in his name) the right...
God/Goddess 2. "Allah" is ONE and literally means THE GOD. God may be singular and plural i.e. God/Gods and Goddess/Goddesses 3. "Allah" is the personal name of God as used in the Holy Qur'an «Concept of God in Islam What Islam stands for?»...