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'''God''' is a deity in [[Theism|theist]] and deist religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in [[monotheism]] (e.g. the Judeo-Christian ''Yahweh''), or a principal deity in polytheism (e.g. the Hindu ''Brahman'').
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According to [[Islam]], '''Allāh''' is the Creator of the Universe. Allah does not mean 'God' but rather '' 'the God' '' and is thus one of the remnants of [[Pagan Origins of Islam|Islam's pagan origins]]. In the pre-Islamic era, Allah was the supreme creator god of the Arabs.<ref name="EM">[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/allah.html "Allah"] - Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online; Accessed June 15, 2007.</ref> Yet he was still only one god among the many others they believed in. The goddesses; ''Allāt'' (the feminine form of “Allah”, meaning '' 'the goddess' ''),<ref>Arne A. Ambros, and Stephan Procházka - [http://jis.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/3/400.extract A Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic (p. 306)] - Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3895004006</ref><ref>[http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1332 Lat, al-] - Oxford Islamic Studies Online</ref><ref>Mify narodov mira 1984. Article: Allat</ref> ''Manāt'', and ''al-‘Uzzá'' were Allah's daughters.


God is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the Universe.
God is a deity in [[Theism|theist]] and deist religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in [[monotheism]] (e.g. the Judeo-Christian ''Yahweh''), or a principal deity in polytheism (e.g. the Hindu ''Brahman''). God is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the Universe.


[[Allah]] is the name of the God that Muslims use and believe in. If a [[Muhammad|certain person]] invents a [[Islam|religion]] and claims that he is the messenger of God, then he may or may not be talking about the actual God that may exist. For this reason, Allah is not the God of the Universe. All religions for these reasons refer to their own Gods only.
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According to Islam, Allāh is the Creator of the Universe. Allah does not mean 'God' but rather 'the God' and is thus one of the remnants of Islam's pagan origins. In the pre-Islamic era, Allah was the supreme creator god of the Arabs.[1] Yet he was still only one god among the many others they believed in. The goddesses; Allāt (the feminine form of “Allah”, meaning 'the goddess' ),[2][3][4] Manāt, and al-‘Uzzá were Allah's daughters.

God is a deity in theist and deist religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism (e.g. the Judeo-Christian Yahweh), or a principal deity in polytheism (e.g. the Hindu Brahman). God is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the Universe.

References

  1. ↑ "Allah" - Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online; Accessed June 15, 2007.
  2. ↑ Arne A. Ambros, and Stephan Procházka - A Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic (p. 306) - Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3895004006
  3. ↑ Lat, al- - Oxford Islamic Studies Online
  4. ↑ Mify narodov mira 1984. Article: Allat
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