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Are Muslims Unknowingly Worshipping A Hindu God???
According to Muslims, the word "allah" is the name for the one true God. They claim that there is no god but "allah". However, allah is an arabic term and the language of arabic is an Indo-European language and like all Indo-European languages (which include, Russian, Persian, Celtic, French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, the anglo-saxon and Germanic / Nordic langauges) it has derived from sanscrit. Sanscrit (which was the language of the ancient Hindus of India) is the mother of all Indo-European langauges. In sanscrit, the name "allah" is the name of a Hindu deity and even appears in the Vedic scriptures. Thus, following this logic, allah was a Hindu god before he was a Muslim god. Also, the sacred Islamic letters (786), when translated into sanscrit, mean "OM".
I asked this very same question earlier in the year:
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At...
I thought I should re-post it for the new yahoo audience
Qtdoll, I do NOT believe in the aryan invasion theory. I think the aryan invasion theory was nonsense. But all the Indo-European languages derived from sanscrit and India has the world's oldest civilisation. Far older than the middle east and far older than China.
qtdoll, I'm not talking about hindu, I am talking about sanscrit. The mother of persian :-)
qtdoll, i don't think that anything which comes out of the iranian regime or government can be considered as having any impartial scholarly merit :-)
Sara K, if carbon dating and independent astronomical research has concluded that the ancient Hindu civilisation existed at a time when the Middle East was nothing but empty desert without any humans living there, how can you say that arabic is the mother of all languages. Arabic civilisation came much after the Indian, Chinese, Greek, Persian and native American civilisations did.
Natty, you have a point. Trust me I am focussing on that as well. :-)
A Muslim, here you go: http://www.islam101.com/tauheed/Aior.htm
proof that allah existed in Hinduism BEFORE he did in Islam...and this is an islamic source lol
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I don't think that Arabic is an Indo-European language........
The following historical accounts clearly suggest that it isn't.
"............the invention of Arabick [Arabic] letters was then but new, having been invented by one 'Moramer' [ Maram, son of Murah ], improved by one 'Eba Mocklah, about 300 years before Mahomet [Mohammad] and afterwards perfacted as they are now by Ali Eba Borea of the Arabia tribe, thence they were propagated to the Cendian tribe and by one Bashar [ Bashshar] introduced at Meccha [Mecca] a little before the original of Mahomet."--[ pg-77], An Account Of The Rise And Progress of MAHOMETANISM with the life of Mahomet, by Henry Stubbe, M.A. of Christ Church-Oxford, from a manuscript copied by Charles Hornby of Pipe Office in 1705, London, Luzec & Co. 1911.
" The Arabs, deeply interested in the scientific developement of thier language, worked out dictionaries, grammer and books on philosophy. A language beautiful in expression and scientific in organization was perfected by the "13th century."--[A history of World Civilization, b JAMES EDGAR SWAIN, Ph.D., Macgraw-Hill Book co.inc, pg-291]
Another fact that Arabic is written from right to left while Sanskrit is read & written from left to right, indicates that both languages have altogether different origin.
For logical reasons however, the characteristics of an almighty God as percieved by Islam and as described in Vedas/ Upnishads, are same..............
The upanishads are considered sacred scriptures by the Hindus.
Consider the following verses from the Upanishads :
i) Ekam evaditiyam
"He is One only without a second"
[Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1]1
ii) Consider again, the following verses from the Upanishads :
Na casya kasuj janita na cadhipah.
"Of Him there are neither parents nor Lord"
[Svetasavatara Upanishad 6,9] [ 2part II page 263.]
iii) Consider the following verses from the Upanishads :
Na tasya pratima asti
(There is no likeness of Him.)
[Svetasvatara Upanishad chapter 4:19]
Nainam urdhvam na tiryancam na madhye na parijagrabhat
na tasy pratime asti yasya nama mahad yasah.3
"There is no likeness of Him whose name is great glory".3
[The principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan pg 736 & 737]
[Sacred Books of the East, volume 15, the Upanishad part II page no 253]
Quran describes .......
1."Qulo wallaho ahad"..Say (O Muhammad )"He is Allâh, (the) One.
2. "Allâh-us-Samad "..(The Self-Sufficient Master).
3."Lam ya lid,walam yu lad"...[He begets not, nor was He begotten;]
4. " Walam ya kul lahoo kuf one ahad"...[And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.]
How amazing ......... isn't it ?
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- 1 decade ago
Muslims do not worship any hindu god, but in actuality hindus arent supposed to worship any idols or gods or godesses they are supposed to worship Allah, and if u want to know more about comparison between hinduism and islam, Watch Similarities between islam and hinduism by Dr.Zakir Naik, and watch The vcd hinduism and islam in the light of the holy scriptures a dialogue between Dr.Zakir Naik and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
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- 1 decade ago
I'm a Hindu and believe in the 'one god' theory. I felt your question was interesting.There is one god, call him by any name , with devotion and he's there for for you. But I also agree with Islam -4. You shouldn't have quoted your last question. The question by itself might have been good but your comments did the damage and made the purpose of your asking the question clear.
- 1 decade ago
YOU know what I think I think every should follow the Vedas
because they were not written for a certain sect not for "Hindus" but for mankind alone
they are the only holy text which is not biased
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- Veda AryaLv 44 years ago
Allah is from samskrita origin. the figures 1 2 3 4 ...0 are from the Vedas in samskrita borrowed by the arabs and then forwarded by them to Europe. In India too there scripts which are written from right to left but all these are ancient history. The muslim go round the black stone at Mecca just as the Hindus go round their temple or deity. Mecca was a territory of a hindu king called Vikram. The square black buiding is a Shiva temple; inside it there are idols of hindu gods..
- Anonymous1 decade ago
wow! this looks like some HATE-ISLAM MOVEMENT. Grow up Mr. Hans Laxman. You have tried to post impressive details about yourself in your profile but sorry to say your remarks are not matching them . I am surprised to see this whole nonsense about ALLAH'S name being that of a HINDU god. What rubbish! without any offence meant to either religion, let me brush your knowledge that ALLAH is an arabioc word and it means GOD. Even christian arabs use it. Also in greek ILLAH means HIGHEST and the same word features in Islam for ALLAH. There is no connection between the name ALLAH and hinduism. Looks like you have some burnt fingers. Get some new ideas to settle your scores with your muslims enemies on this forum
- 1 decade ago
Hi Hans, out of original ideas that you had to re-post your question?
Well! for your information again - there is no God but Allah, Lord of Muslims, Hindus and the entire Humanity. May Allah guide you to the right path, Ameen.
- 1 decade ago
ook well i mean u totally cant say tht they worship a hindu god.. cuz hindu gods are mostly Idols and Allah(SWT) is not an idol.. and hes not near idol worship... Allah is just one of the many names of God in Arabic.. Allah is just the most commonly used.. and ne ways islam came later than every other religion so ther prolly are similarities here and there.. but tht doesnt mean tht Us muslims worship a Hindu God
- mahenLv 41 decade ago
There is only one creator.
the energy with its laws and converting itself to matter and energy according to its laws. It does not break its own laws -example the Law of gravity.
It is omnipresent,omnipotent, omniscient and common to all creation. It is the source, matter and will of creation.
You may call it Allah, Hindu god, or 'thou art in heaven' ...it doesn't care.
In its presence you are not even an atom and the lowest of all creations.
don't make it my god and your god and give a name in your language or Scriptures unless u mean the same thing.
It has no sex, age,not bound by our time etc etc- it is not imaginable with your poor conditioned brain.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Aryans speak Sanskrit. Aryans came from Iran and the word Iran came from Aryan. But that does not mean that the Middle East Asia had only Aryans. Babylonians (Iraqis), Syrians, Jews, (100s of communities who are not any way related existed there!). Aryans and other communities (Gujjars, Thodas, Badugas, Konganis, Parsis etc) were driven out of that land because the Aryans (the majority) and the other societies believed in deities whereas the Jews and pre-Muslim societies believed in 'God" not the deities.
If there is an antonym for the religion of Muslim, Judaism, and Christianity it is Hinduism. Hinduism does not believe in one God, believes that Sex with any woman and Fight for the Land are the greatest virtues. It believes in Magics and Sorcery, and mythology, and multiple gods. All these concepts are totally against the Inslam, Juda, and Biblical concepts.
Aryans / pro-aryans and non-Aryans are two opposite entities in altogether in the Middle-East. You are an Aryan and hence you are biased, I think. If you believe that all the Languages come from Sanskrit, that validates the Aryan invasion theory. Because of proximal existence between two communities, some common words might have originated. But Islam is truly of its own origin and Hinduism is a 'Masala' of many myths.