The moon God is thoroughly debunked nonsense by these verses: 41:37 And of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Adore not the sun nor the moon; but adore Allah Who created them, if it is in truth Him Whom ye worship. 22:18 Seest thou not that to Allah bow down in worship all things that are in the heavens and on earth,- the sun, the moon, the stars; the hills, the trees, the animals; and a great number among mankind? But a great number are (also) such as are fit for Punishment: and such as Allah shall disgrace,- None can raise to honour: for Allah carries out all that He wills. The word Allah is Arabic in origin and literally means “The God”. This is a unique word because, unlike many other references to deities, this word cannot be pluralized, nor yet does it have gender. In its uniqueness is the truth for believing Muslims, for “gods” or “goddesses” have no place within Islam. It is Allah Who Alone is God. That this word is not a new word, and that Allah was known and worshipped long before the message of Islam was delivered by Prophet Muhammad may be confirmed by a number of facts, not the least of which as follows: (1) We know certainly that the father of Prophet Muhammad was named “Abdullah” which means “servant of Allah.” Do not, however, fall into the trap of believing that because Arabia was a recognised pagan nation before the coming of Islam that Allah was ever considered to be a pagan god. The truth of the matter is that prior to Arabia’s disastrous plunge into idolatry the Arabs, as children also of Abraham, were believers in the God of Abraham, Allah. (2) The Ka’bah, known as the Holy House in Mecca, which is eventoday a place of pilgrimage for Muslims, was not only built by the Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael as a place of worship and pilgrimage, but from the earliest historians, such as Ibn Ishaq, we find the other branch of Abraham’s family, the children of Isaac, also acknowledged Mecca (anciently known as Baca/Baka to both Arabs and Jews) as a sacred site to The One God. The Prophet David has made mention of the valley of Baca and the Holy House in the Eighty-fourth Psalm. It was only when idolatry marred the purity of belief that the children of Isaac ceased their pilgrimage. (3) Terminology from other Semitic languages: Scholars and Historians acknowledge that the language spoken by Jesus was Aramaic. So what name would Jesus have given to the Creator God? Surprisingly the answer is Allaha, which, it cannot be denied, is so very closely related to the word Allah. Also when considering the Message of Jesus we cannot escape the fact that, as stated in Mark 12:29 he reiterated the call of Deuteronomy 6:4 to his people to worship God alone: “Hear O Israel! Thy God is One Lord!” O yes, Allah was known from the dawn of time. (4) Proof that the word Allah has always been a recognised word for The Almighty may be noted universally by the fact that in regions where Arabic is and has been the spoken or included language “Allah” is used not only by Muslims but by practising Jews and Christians even to this day. Therefore it is totally wrong to limit the usage of this Title to Muslim believers alone.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:34:23 +0000