This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 25, number 1 (2002). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Since September 11, scores of commentaries have been written about terrorism and Islam, many from Christian leaders. It is remarkable how writers unfamiliar with the Arabic language have ventured comments, if not judgments, relating to the term Allah . It is as if anything to do with Allah must be demonized in order for us to feel righteous and justified. In a news clip on KFUO-AM Radio in St. Louis, shortly after the 9-11 tragedy, Tim LaHaye, noted evangelical speaker and coauthor of the Left Behind series, said, “Allah is not the God the Bible. He is an evil spirit that results in murder.” I have to assume Tim LaHaye is not fluent in Arabic! He is, however, not alone in referring to a Qur’anic interpretation or concept of God. Many Westerners seem unaware that Allah is the God Arabic-speaking Christians worship. The Arabic Bible is replete with the word Allah , beginning with Genesis and ending with Revelation. Jesus Christ is even called the son of Allah in the Arabic Scriptures. Arabic-speaking Coptic, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Maronite, evangelical, and Reformed Christians worship Allah , which is simply the word or term for God in another language. Islam does not hold a copyright to the term. In fact, Arab Christians existed before Islam appeared on the scene. Christians who worship Allah number in the millions, and their biblical version of Allah differs from the Qur’anic version. To demean or demonize the word for God in another language does a great disservice to believers who speak that language. Opportunities to win a hearing or dialogue between Christians and Arabic- speaking Muslims vis-à-vis Jesus Christ are also minimized. It is time for all of us, especially Christians, to exercise caution when it comes to attacking the term for God in a language foreign to most of us. No other term exists in Arabic for the God Christians claim to be the one, true God. Western Christians do not normally use Hebrew terms for God in their languages. They cannot expect Arab Christians to use any other term or word for theirs. Allah is equivalent to the English God , the French Dieu , or the Spanish Dios . In a World magazine issue on terrorism and Islam, Marvin Olasky, editor, referred to Allah as not being the God of the Bible. He wrote, “Muslims say their God is all-wise and all- compassionate, but Allah merely displays man’s understanding of what wisdom and compassion are” (World, 27 October 2001). This statement causes confusion. To say rather that the Muslim concept of Allah differs from the Christian concept of Allah, in my opinion, would be helpful. Throughout Western history, many people have corrupted the term God . For instance, the Ku Klux Klan demeans, diminishes, and denigrates the English word God; yet, English-speaking Christians have not permitted such corruptions to rob them of their use of the term God . Likewise, the same is true for God in Arabic. Terrorists may misuse the term Allah , but they cannot rob millions of their word for God. Perhaps we could better understand this error if we translate some of these judgments and criticisms into English. For example, some Christians might say, “ God is not the God of the Bible.” They also might say, “ God is a demonic force causing murder,” and so on. How can Christians then proclaim Christ to people who know of God by that term? If God is demonized, it also becomes impossible to encourage people to love God, to worship God , or to believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Would we be willing to give God a different term after centuries of using God in our language? Some are linguistically destroying the term for God used by millions of their coreligionists in other parts of the world. God loves the world, including those who speak Arabic. It is imperative that the term Allah not be totally destroyed in Western minds. Otherwise, even Arab Christians will be questioned as to their authenticity and worship of the one, triune God , according to Christian orthodoxy. Such linguistic destruction also threatens to harm relationships with Muslims and potentially arouses hatred. The problem is linguistic, not theological. Arabic was spoken at Pentecost, a watershed event in church history (Acts 2:8–11). Its usage regarding the worship of God predates English. In fact, Muhammad may have borrowed the term from Christians and Jews of his day. A Washington University anthropology professor states, “Allah is the south Semitic version of the north Semitic Elohim…so that the Eloh and Allah versions appear to come from the same Semitic root.” Let’s exercise caution in speaking of Islam’s different tenets and not demonize Allah , who is found throughout the Old and New Testaments in the Arabic Bible, as is God in our English version. The apostle John said, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Allah , and the Word was Allah” (see John 1:1). We can join our Arab brothers and sisters in Christ who often say, “Allah be praised!”

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This article first appeared in the Viewpoint
column of the Christian Research Journal,
volume 25, number 1 (2002). For further
information or to subscribe to the Christian
Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org
Since September 11, scores of commentaries
have been written about terrorism and Islam,
many from Christian leaders. It is remarkable
how writers unfamiliar with the Arabic
language have ventured comments, if not
judgments, relating to the term Allah . It is as
if anything to do with Allah must be
demonized in order for us to feel righteous and
justified.
In a news clip on KFUO-AM Radio in St. Louis,
shortly after the 9-11 tragedy, Tim LaHaye,
noted evangelical speaker and coauthor of the
Left Behind series, said, “Allah is not the God
the Bible. He is an evil spirit that results in
murder.” I have to assume Tim LaHaye is not
fluent in Arabic! He is, however, not alone in
referring to a Qur’anic interpretation or
concept of God. Many Westerners seem
unaware that Allah is the God Arabic-speaking
Christians worship. The Arabic Bible is replete
with the word Allah , beginning with Genesis
and ending with Revelation. Jesus Christ is
even called the son of Allah in the Arabic
Scriptures.
Arabic-speaking Coptic, Roman Catholic,
Orthodox, Maronite, evangelical, and Reformed
Christians worship Allah , which is simply the
word or term for God in another language.
Islam does not hold a copyright to the term.
In fact, Arab Christians existed before Islam
appeared on the scene. Christians who worship
Allah number in the millions, and their biblical
version of Allah differs from the Qur’anic
version. To demean or demonize the word for
God in another language does a great
disservice to believers who speak that
language. Opportunities to win a hearing or
dialogue between Christians and Arabic-
speaking Muslims vis-à-vis Jesus Christ are also
minimized.
It is time for all of us, especially Christians, to
exercise caution when it comes to attacking
the term for God in a language foreign to most
of us. No other term exists in Arabic for the
God Christians claim to be the one, true God.
Western Christians do not normally use
Hebrew terms for God in their languages. They
cannot expect Arab Christians to use any other
term or word for theirs. Allah is equivalent to
the English God , the French Dieu , or the
Spanish Dios .
In a World magazine issue on terrorism and
Islam, Marvin Olasky, editor, referred to Allah
as not being the God of the Bible. He wrote,
“Muslims say their God is all-wise and all-
compassionate, but Allah merely displays
man’s understanding of what wisdom and
compassion are” (World, 27 October 2001).
This statement causes confusion. To say rather
that the Muslim concept of Allah differs from
the Christian concept of Allah, in my opinion,
would be helpful.
Throughout Western history, many people have
corrupted the term God . For instance, the Ku
Klux Klan demeans, diminishes, and denigrates
the English word God; yet, English-speaking
Christians have not permitted such corruptions
to rob them of their use of the term God .
Likewise, the same is true for God in Arabic.
Terrorists may misuse the term Allah , but they
cannot rob millions of their word for God.
Perhaps we could better understand this error
if we translate some of these judgments and
criticisms into English. For example, some
Christians might say, “ God is not the God of
the Bible.” They also might say, “ God is a
demonic force causing murder,” and so on.
How can Christians then proclaim Christ to
people who know of God by that term? If God
is demonized, it also becomes impossible to
encourage people to love God, to worship God ,
or to believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Would we be willing to give God a different
term after centuries of using God in our
language? Some are linguistically destroying
the term for God used by millions of their
coreligionists in other parts of the world. God
loves the world, including those who speak
Arabic.
It is imperative that the term Allah not be
totally destroyed in Western minds. Otherwise,
even Arab Christians will be questioned as to
their authenticity and worship of the one,
triune God , according to Christian orthodoxy.
Such linguistic destruction also threatens to
harm relationships with Muslims and
potentially arouses hatred. The problem is
linguistic, not theological.
Arabic was spoken at Pentecost, a watershed
event in church history (Acts 2:8–11). Its usage
regarding the worship of God predates English.
In fact, Muhammad may have borrowed the
term from Christians and Jews of his day. A
Washington University anthropology professor
states, “Allah is the south Semitic version of
the north Semitic Elohim…so that the Eloh and
Allah versions appear to come from the same
Semitic root.” Let’s exercise caution in
speaking of Islam’s different tenets and not
demonize Allah , who is found throughout the
Old and New Testaments in the Arabic Bible, as
is God in our English version. The apostle John
said, “In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with Allah , and the Word was
Allah” (see John 1:1). We can join our Arab
brothers and sisters in Christ who often say,
“Allah be praised!”

What's your point?

Well,according to the researcher of thoelogical studies,The word Allah was first used by Arabian Chirstian.Besides these theories if you take closer look at Quran you will found out that it is full of bible twisted stories and pagan stories.