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If God has a wardrobe malfunction, what would you see?
nothing serious
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- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
God wouldn't be wearing any clothes, but he would be convinced he was. The sheeple would then have to stand and admire his amazing outfit, while one brave atheist will declare that he has nothing on.
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- 8 years ago
God is nothing like us.
CONCEPT OF GOD IN ISLAM
Allah means One None like Him. There is no plural nor it can be made feminine name. Where as God is misused a lot. Hindus call man made idols as god and gods and when make idol of female they call it godess.
Muslims feel Allah is the best name of God. see what Allah says for Himself in Quran"
Al-Ikhlas Sura #112
1 Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
2 Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
[Allah has been for evr and will remain alive for ever. No death can come to Allah]
3 He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;
[ He is not born to any one nor any one is born from Him]
4 And there is none like unto Him.
[ No one in this world stronger than Him nor Looks like Him. Allah is Unique.]
Therefore it is wrong to use word god for Allah like idols of rock made by humans are called
gods.I see many people praying to statues of Jesus and when I ask them is it okay to pray to a statue or picture they say "Nope" ???
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"For God so loved the world..."
- and the word the translators used in Arabic for "God" is the very same word used by Muslims around the planet, "Allah."
Where Does the word "Allah" Come From?
"Allah" comes from the Arabic word "elah"a god' or something worshiped. - (Arabic) means '
This word (elah) can be made plural (gods), as in "aleha" and it can be male or female just as the word in English can be "goddess."
"Allah" comes from "elaha" but it brings more clarification and understanding.
Allah = Has no gender (not male and not female)
"He" is used only out of respect and dignity - not for gender
Allah = Always singular - Never plural
"We" is used only as the "Royal WE" just as in English for royalty
Allah = Means "The Only One to be Worshipped"
The word Allah, according to several Arabic lexicons, means "the Being Who comprises all the attributes of perfection", i.e. the Being Who is perfect in every way (in His knowledge, power etc.), and possesses the best and the noblest qualities imaginable in the highest degree. This meaning is supported by the Holy Quran when it says:
"His are the best (or most beautiful) names." (17:110; 20:8; and 7:180)
Contrary to popular belief, the word Allah is NOT a contraction of al-ilah (al meaning 'the', and ilah meaning 'god').
Had it been so, then the expression ya Allah ('O Allah!') would have been ungrammatical, because according to the Arabic language when you address someone by the vocative form ya followed by a title, the al ('the') must be dropped from the title. For example, you cannot say ya ar-rabb but must say ya rabb (for 'O Lord'). So if the word Allah was al-ilah ('the God'), we would not be able to say: ya Allah, which we do.
Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (which is based on classical Arabic dictionaries), says under the word Allah, while citing many linguistical authorities:
"Allah ... is a proper name applied to the Being Who exists necessarily, by Himself, comprising all the attributes of perfection, a proper name denoting the true god ... the al being inseparable from it, not derived..."
Allah is thus a proper name, not derived from anything, and the Al is inseparable from it. The word al-ilah (the god) is a different word.
The word Allah is unique among the names of God in all the languages of mankind, in that it was never applied to any being other than God. The pre-Islamic Arabs used it to refer to the Supreme Being, and never applied it to any of the other things they worshipped. Other names of God used by mankind, such as "lord", "god", "khuda", etc. have all also been used for beings other than God. They have meanings which refer to some particular attribute of God, but "Allah" is the name which refers to the Being Himself as His personal name.
The Holy Quran itself refers to the uniqueness of the name Allah when it says:
"Do you know anyone who can be named along with Him?" (19:65)
Arabic is the only language, and Islam is the only religion, that has given the personal name of God (as distinct from attributive names such as lord, god, the most high, etc.) There are clear prophecies in previous scriptures (the Bible, the Vedas etc.) about the man who will come and give the name of God, which in previous religions was regarded as a secret.