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A learned exposition of the concept of tawḥīd and its centrality to Muslim belief and practice by one of the foremost modern scholars of Islam is Muhammad Abduh, The Theology of Unity, trans. by Kenneth Cragg (1966). Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of God, trans. by David Burrell and Nazih Daher (1995), is a lucid translation of the classic work by the famed Muslim scholar al-Ghazālī (died 1111) explaining the significance of the names or attributes of God. Miroslav Volf, Allah: A Christian Response (2012), provides a compelling argument by a prominent Christian theologian that Christians and Muslims worship the same God even though they use different languages to describe him.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added media. | Jan 10, 2025 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Academia - The Word ' Allah' and its Usage: An Analysis into the Histroy of the Arabic Language. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Added the word in Arabic. | Dec 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religion - Allah (God) in Islam. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia International University - Is Allah of Islam the same as Yahweh of Christianity? | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia International University - Is Allah of Islam the same as Yahweh of Christianity? | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Word ' Allah' and its Usage: An Analysis into the Histroy of the Arabic Language. | Aug 26, 2022 | ||
| Revised the discussion of the word's origin and usage. | Sep 16, 2019 | ||
| Corrected a display issue and clarified the omnipresence of divine knowledge according to Islam. | Sep 05, 2018 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 08, 2018 | ||
| Bibliography added. | Mar 08, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Allah. | Feb 26, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: ReligionFacts - Allah. | Feb 26, 2018 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 04, 2016 | ||
| Deleted ambiguous statement about "freethinkers in Islam." | Nov 25, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian Answers - Why Do Many Arab Christians Refer to God as �Allah�? | Sep 16, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian Answers - Why Do Many Arab Christians Refer to God as �Allah�? | Sep 16, 2014 | ||
| Article revised and romanization changed. | Oct 24, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. |
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Apr 16, 2009 | |
| Added new Web site: USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts - About Allah. | Jun 12, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts - About Allah. | Jun 12, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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