God's Name in Aramic

Sudipta,my friend you are 100 % right you may call one God Almighty by any name you like but what is the need of hiding a name which clearly relate to certain religion?And why we feel shame if Bible is supporting the claim of Islam or giving out the common things today even after lot of alterations done to it?The Bible clearly tells us about coming of the last Prophet Muhammad(pbuh)after Prophet Jesus(pbuh)but most of the Jews and the Christians never accept it.....In fact The writer of this discussion has done a write thing to bring out a deception and we should appreciate this effort.

The word Allah is Arabic for "God" which is English for the Hebrew word "Elohim". God is not God's name. The God of the universe has a name, but God isn't it. "God" is what God is, so the word "God" is a title. "Human being" is not your name, "Human being" is what you are. You also have a name. Whether is "Alice" or "Ken" or "Rose" or "Kevin". You have your own personal name, so does God. There are many descriptions of God (the Almighty, the Beneficent, etc) but only one personal name of God. In the entire world religions there is no revelation or rationalization of God as clear and powerful as the Name that He spoke to Moses. And this personal name is directly related to God's Real Name. What is this name? Well, Moses asked the same question. You can find this in the bible, in the third chapter of Exodus. Read from verses 1 to 15. Where in verse 15 says, And God said to Moses "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you'". And God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, "The Lord, the God of Abraham, The God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. this is my Name forever, and this is my memorial-name to all generations". The English transliteration of God's personal name is YHWH. The four Hebrew letters transliterated are YHWH. So there you have it, God's personal Name as we translate it's meaning in English, is "I am that I am". Originally Hebrew (over 3000 years ago) didn't have any vowels. Transliterated into EnglisH: YHWH With vowels added:YAHWEH Translated: I AM THAT I AM No matter what language you use, whether you translate, transliterate, or what direction you spell, YHWH means "I AM THAT I AM". And it directly points to His Real Name, which is the same in all languages. Concerning bibles being confiscated because they found out that Yeshua said the Aramic word Allah for God makes no sense because he was saying the right word for God in aramaic which was the language He was speaking. The only acceptable reason for taking the Bibles away would be that the translators didn't translate the word "Allah" as "God" to the language they were translating to and left it in the Aramaic language which would be misunderstood as a Name instead of a title by the illiterate. It is obvious that Yeshua wouldn't call the Hebrews God Allah since God's Name for the Jews is YHWH. So the word Yeshua used was "Allah" referring to the word "God". If Arabics use Allah as God's Name is a different issue but as you yourself say it means "The God" and not God's Name. I don't think the Bible is supporting the claim of Islam. God is not a religion. God is Love. We don't need religion, we need to have an intimate relationship with the Almighty Creator and spread His love to others the same way he loves us.

Hi Awapak, Its so nice to hear from you after a long long time. You know my views on religion…I am a firm believer in monotheism and hence any name of God in any language is acceptable to me. Just like calling my Bhagwan as Allah does not categorize me as a Muslim, similarly if the Bible mentions God as Allah, it should not be taken as insulting either to Muslims or Christians. God has no category, God has no language…and just because we are conversing here in English, we call Him as God!