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Re: Is Allah in the Bible?
by jimwalton » Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:12 am
Allah is not in the Bible. The name of the God of the Bible is Yahweh; he is never called Allah. There are vast differences between the God of the Bible and Allah.
The God of the Bible is knowable (Jn. 17.3). Humans can come into a personal relationship with God. Allah is unknowable. He is so transcendent, so exalted, that no man can ever personally know Allah. He is distant, far off, and abstract. While God has personal qualities, no Muslim would refer to Him as personal.[1]
The God of the Bible is a personal being with intellect, emotion, and will. Allah is not to be understood as a person. This would lower him to the level of man.
The God if the Bible is a spirit (Jn. 4.24). Allah is not a spirit. That would demean him. He is neither a person nor a spirit.
The God of the Bible is one God in three persons. The Quran explicitly denies the trinity. God is not a Father, and Jesus is not the Son of God. Neither is the Holy Spirit God.
The God is limited by his own immutable and unalterable nature. Thus God cannot do anything and everything. For instance, in Titus 1.2 we read that God cannot lie. In 2 Tim. 2.13 we read that God cannot act in a way that would contradict his nature. Allah is not limited by anything, not even by his own nature. He can do anything, any place, any time, with no limitations.
Because the God of the Bible is limited, he is completely consistent and trustworthy. Because Allah is not limited, he is totally capricious and untrustworthy. He is not bound by his nature or his word.
The love of Yahweh is his chief attribute (Jn. 3.16). The transcendence of Allah is his chief attribute. Neither does he have feelings towards man. That would reduce him to being a mere man.
The God of the Bible enters history and acts to bring about man’s salvation. Allah does not personally enter into human history and act as a historical agent. He always deals with the world through his word, prophets, and angels. He does not personally come down to deal with man.
The Bible gives us both positive and negative attributes of God (love, judgment, mercy, punishment, etc.). The Quran never tells us in a positive sense what Allah is like in terms of his nature or essence. The so-called 99 attributes of Allah are all negative in form, telling us what Allah is not, but never telling us what he is.
The grace of the God of the Bible provides free salvation for man through a Savior who acts as an intercessor between God and man (1 Tim. 2.5). In the Quran there is no concept of the grace of Allah. There is no savior or intercessor.
[1] John Alden Williams, Islam, p. 26
The God of the Bible is knowable (Jn. 17.3). Humans can come into a personal relationship with God. Allah is unknowable. He is so transcendent, so exalted, that no man can ever personally know Allah. He is distant, far off, and abstract. While God has personal qualities, no Muslim would refer to Him as personal.[1]
The God of the Bible is a personal being with intellect, emotion, and will. Allah is not to be understood as a person. This would lower him to the level of man.
The God if the Bible is a spirit (Jn. 4.24). Allah is not a spirit. That would demean him. He is neither a person nor a spirit.
The God of the Bible is one God in three persons. The Quran explicitly denies the trinity. God is not a Father, and Jesus is not the Son of God. Neither is the Holy Spirit God.
The God is limited by his own immutable and unalterable nature. Thus God cannot do anything and everything. For instance, in Titus 1.2 we read that God cannot lie. In 2 Tim. 2.13 we read that God cannot act in a way that would contradict his nature. Allah is not limited by anything, not even by his own nature. He can do anything, any place, any time, with no limitations.
Because the God of the Bible is limited, he is completely consistent and trustworthy. Because Allah is not limited, he is totally capricious and untrustworthy. He is not bound by his nature or his word.
The love of Yahweh is his chief attribute (Jn. 3.16). The transcendence of Allah is his chief attribute. Neither does he have feelings towards man. That would reduce him to being a mere man.
The God of the Bible enters history and acts to bring about man’s salvation. Allah does not personally enter into human history and act as a historical agent. He always deals with the world through his word, prophets, and angels. He does not personally come down to deal with man.
The Bible gives us both positive and negative attributes of God (love, judgment, mercy, punishment, etc.). The Quran never tells us in a positive sense what Allah is like in terms of his nature or essence. The so-called 99 attributes of Allah are all negative in form, telling us what Allah is not, but never telling us what he is.
The grace of the God of the Bible provides free salvation for man through a Savior who acts as an intercessor between God and man (1 Tim. 2.5). In the Quran there is no concept of the grace of Allah. There is no savior or intercessor.
[1] John Alden Williams, Islam, p. 26
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