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Allah’s Many Names And YHVH’s One Unique Name

Allah is the Arabic word for the One and Only God; and “Allah” is the greatest name for Muslims because it is mentioned 2697 times in the Qur’an according to a list in al-Mu‘jam al-Mufahras [a famous ...
The Times of Israel

Allah’s 99 Names and/or the Torah’s silent YHVH

An ancient tablet discovered near the Palestinian city of Nablus may contain the earliest known mention of the Biblical name of God, YHVH “Yahweh” in proto-alphabetic Hebrew writing; according to ...
New Haven Register

FAITH MATTERS: Lessons to be learned from Allah’s names

The first pillar of Islam is to believe in the one true God, known by the name of Allah. Muslims call Allah by many names. His names are representative of His majesty and power as well as His ...
MLive

Scholar urges Muslims not to shy away from the name 'God': Using only 'Allah,' he says, suggests Muslims worship a different deity than Jews and Christians do

To read Abd-Allah’s full essay “One God, Many Names,” go to the Nawawi Foundation’s Web site, www.nawawi.org; click on “Learning” and then on “Learn More.” An Islamic scholar spoke to a crowd of about ...