As reason say’s and as Jesus said in Gospel of Barnabas :

"For even As God is one so is the faith one "(chapter 90: 3 ) .It is impossible that God gives different religions to different people The statutes may differ according to nations degree of civilization capabilities … etc. ; but never God would ask anyone to worship someone or something but himself .The earth that all the people , of all races, lives on , the sun which gives light to all the people , the heavens which surrounds them and other stars and planets and moons ,all the human beings ,and all the living organisms , all are created by the one and only God that is "Allah " an Arabic word which is translated literally "the God ". The two letters meaning (the) "al" are combined with word "elah" (meaning God)losing the letter "e" to be pronounced as one word "Allah" .The addition of "al" means specification , i.e. the only God .

This same God is who Abraham had worshipped ,Isma’il ,Isaac ,Jacob, Joseph and Moses .Jesus or Ezra never have been mentioned in the first five books of the old testament, because of coarse they have not been borne then from the descendants of Jacob .So Abraham ,Isma’il ,Isaac , Jacob, Joseph ,and Moses haven’t worship them as a God ; or as a son of God .Does then those profits worshipping was faulty or wrong ?Of coarse not.

Jewish ,Christians , and Moslems say they are worshipping Abraham’s God ,little was mentioned in these five books about this God; but once more his identification is the same in Quran as in the old testament ,and new testament. WE will discuss here the unity of God .

The first commandment in the three faiths Islam , Christianity ,and Jewish faith is (There is only one god no other thing or person should be worshipped ) .This fact was expressed in various expressions :

In Holy Quran :

There is so many verses that insures this fact , here are just two verses only :

Almozzammel :9 :"(He is ) Lord of the East and the West : there is no god but He : take Him therefore for therefore for (thy) Disposer of affairs .

Altaghabon :13

Allah ! There is no god but He : and on Allah , therefore ,let believers put there trust .

In the New testament :

Jesus said in Luke 4:8 " it is written thou shalt worship thy Lord thy God ,and him only shalt thou serve "

Mark 12:28 - 34 :And one of the scribes came ,and having heard them reasoning together ,and perceiving that he (Jesus) answered them well ,asked him which is the first commandment of all ? And Jesus answered him ,the first of all the commandments is ,Hear ,o Israel ; The Lord our God is one Lord : and thou shalt the Lord thy God with all thy heart ,and with all thy soul and with all thy mind ,and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment …. And the scribe said unto him ,Well Master ,thou hast said the truth :for there is one God ;and there is none other but he :…And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly , he said unto him ,thou are not far from the kingdom of God ".Which means that he approved his words .

A similar passage can be found in Matheos 22:36 -38

In John 20 :17 :" Jesus saith unto her , touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my father : but go to my brethren ,and say unto them , I ascend unto my Father ,and your Father ; and to my God , and your God ."As we can notice he named his disciples who believed in him his brothers not his slaves (the opposite of Lord or God ) , he said that his Father and theirs is one , his God and theirs is one .

The same meaning can be found in Luke 8: 21 " And he answered and said unto them , My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God ,and do it "

About the same passage could be found in Mark 3 :34,35 ; Matheos 12: 49,50.

Jesus said(Matheos 5: 17) " Think not that I am come to destroy the law , or the prophets , I am not come to destroy ,but to fulfill ." And said (Luke 16 :17) " and it is easier for heaven and earth to pass , than one tittle of the law to fail ", which means that what was mentioned in the old testament about the law is approved by him.

Does the old testament says something different from the above principals ? The answer is no .

In the old testament :

Ps 135:5 :"The idols of the heathen are silver and gold ,the work of men’s hands . They have mouths ,but they speak not ,eyes have they , but they see not ;They have ears ,but they hear not ;neither is there any breath in their mouths .They that make them are like unto them : so is every one that trusteth in them."

God has created man how can man makes God ? Whatever a man manufacture could not be a God whatever the material or the way of manufacturing way used .

Lv 26: 1 :Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image ,neither rear you up a standing image , neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land ,to bow down unto it : for I am the lord your God.

Dt 4:35 : that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God ; there are none else beside him

Dt 32:39 :See now that I , even I ,am he , and there is no god with me

1Sm2 :2 :There is none holy as the Lord :for there is none beside thee :neither is there any rock like our God.

1Sm 12:20 : yet turn not aside from following the Lord ,but serve the Lord with all your heart ; And turn ye not aside :for then should ye go after vain things ,which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain

2Sm 7:22 : wherefore thou art great ,o Lord God : for there is none like thee ,neither is there any God beside thee

1Kgs 8:60 : That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God ,and there is none else .

Is 42:8 :I am the Lord . that is my name : and my glory will I not give to another , neither my praise to graven images

Is 43 :10 ,11 : That ye may know and believe me ,and understand that I am he :before me there was no God formed neither shall there be after me I ,even I ,am the Lord and beside me there is no saviour

Is 44:6 : I am the first ,and I am the last ,and beside me there is no God

Is 45 :5,6 :I am the Lord ,and there is none else ,There is no God beside me : I girded thee , though thou hast not known me : That they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none beside me . I am the Lord , and there is none else .

Is 45: 21,22 :have not I the Lord ? and there is no God beside me ;a just God and a Saviour ; there is none beside me . Look unto me , and be ye saved ,all the ends of the earth : for I am God and there is none else .

Is 46 :9 : remember the former things of old : for I am God , and there is none else ; I am God , and there is none like me

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This is the Lord ,God that Moslems worship faithfully (without any partners ) . Islam means devotion to God ,Does the people of the Bible are devoted to him Like us ? If they do they are Moslems according to their profit’s traditions .

S A Fadel

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