My friend, whether it came up or not in your personal conversations is irrelevant. Allah means God in Arabic. I also argued one at one time that Allah is the Muslim name for God but it is not true. Again, it appears that way from our western culture standpoint. Catholics use the word Allah in some countries.I fully concur!
Maran atha!
Angel
…since it did not come up… I was fully ignorant that Judaism recognized “Allah” as the name of God and since Muslims spoke of “Allah” as their God I fully associated “Allah” as the term/name/title Muslims attributed to God… I hope this clears it! :coffeeread:My friend, whether it came up or not in your personal conversations is irrelevant. Allah means God in Arabic. I also argued one at one time that Allah is the Muslim name for God but it is not true. Again, it appears that way from our western culture standpoint. Catholics use the word Allah in some countries.
Yes, you’ve made it clear that you were in error. In addition, the word Allah was replaced with the word Lord in many early text, in holding with the true theme of this thread.…since it did not come up… I was fully ignorant that Judaism recognized “Allah” as the name of God and since Muslims spoke of “Allah” as their God I fully associated “Allah” as the term/name/title Muslims attributed to God… I hope this clears it! :coffeeread:
Maran atha!
Angel
…it seemed that my previous effort to explain my lack of knowledge did not take… so I offered a clarification on my clarification… coffe meant: “I hope you don’t mind, but I’m taking a break from clarifying that I did not know!”Yes, you’ve made it clear that you were in error. In addition, the word Allah was replaced with the word Lord in many early text, in holding with the true theme of this thread.
I’m not really sure what the “coffee read” icon means. If it means, “oh well back to business, this was a trivial matter”, that is far from true considering linguistics is the thrust of the thread. If “coffee read” means something else, I wouldn’t mind knowing.
I meant no offense to you. Words without tone or a face can sometimes seem that way. I will say this though, our personal experience is often not enough to rely on with scholarly matters. This is why I was surprised when you initially responded to my post with historical certainty which is not typically a “personal experience”. This was something you should have left for others.…it seemed that my previous effort to explain my lack of knowledge did not take… so I offered a clarification on my clarification… coffe meant: “I hope you don’t mind, but I’m taking a break from clarifying that I did not know!”
I do not consider the Name of God trivial… as a child I learned that the Church recognized/used “Yahweh/Yah” as God’s Name as it was revealed to Moses and I’ve made it a point to employ it, with my deepest respect (“Yahweh God”), whenever I speak/write of God.
Since I am both lazy and pedestrian I do not immerse myself in the study of names/meanings/dates… so when an issue comes up I often offer my resource/s as personal experience from engagements with those who purport to know/practice something–the experts and scholars I leave for others.
Maran atha!
Angel
…if I had… I would still be under the impression that Muslims came up with “Allah” for the name of God… conversely, I would still have my first Bible tucked away waiting for the right moment to open it (which would be close to never–relative to my temporal existence); so while I appreciate your counsel, I rather err on finding partial info on the net for I am almost absolutely sure that someone scholarly would step in to correct me! :tiphat:I meant no offense to you. Words without tone or a face can sometimes seem that way. I will say this though, our personal experience is often not enough to rely on with scholarly matters. This is why I was surprised when you initially responded to my post with historical certainty which is not typically a “personal experience”. This was something you should have left for others.