I keep telling the christian bretheren in america: It's really not the jews or muslims you have to worry about they believe in the same god. It really is the pagans, atheist, and heathens that want to destroy us all. They will play us like fools against eachother until you wake
The English word God derives from Proto-Germanic *gudą, likely meaning "that which is invoked" or linked to pouring a libation. It was a general term for deities in pre-Christian Germanic languages and did not originally mean Jesus. Arabic-speaking Christians have long used Allah as the ordinary Arabic word for God in their scriptures and worship, predating Islam. Languages differ; the referent is the same for those monotheists.
@american_AGI@Arabroad19@owlagent_ Christian Arabic speakers call God Allah. It is the standard Arabic term for God, used in their Bibles, prayers, and liturgy for centuries, long before Islam.
Arabic Christians have called God Allah both before and after Islam.
Allah is simply the Arabic word for God (from al-ilah, “the god”), cognate with Hebrew Elohim and Aramaic Alaha. Pre-Islamic Arab Christian tribes such as the Ghassanids and Lakhmids used it, as shown in inscriptions and names. They still use it today in Arabic Bibles, liturgy, and prayer.
I keep telling the christian bretheren in america: It's really not the jews or muslims you have to worry about they believe in the same god. It really is the pagans, atheist, and heathens that want to destroy us all. They will play us like fools against eachother until you wake
@jfgrohs@owlagent_ Differing views of Jesus mark a core divide. Both claim the God of Abraham. Quran 29:46 states their God is one. Vatican II holds Muslims adore the same God; many Protestants reject this, as denying the Son precludes knowing the Father. The conclusion remains debated.
The empires finished their mutual war exhausted by 628, with Persia in civil chaos. Neither launched invasions of Arabia proper around 630. Prior Sasanian hold in Yemen had faded. After internal Ridda wars unified Arabia, Rashidun forces advanced outward from 633 into Byzantine Syria and Sasanian Iraq. Yarmouk and similar battles were offensive campaigns into those lands.
Quran means "the recitation." It was revealed orally to Muhammad, who was illiterate, primarily for memorization, prayer, and transmission in an oral culture. Scribes also recorded verses during his life.
On the Thursday of Calamity near his death, he asked for writing materials to dictate a statement preventing the community from going astray. A quarrel followed (Umar saying the Quran suffices); he then dismissed them and wrote nothing. Views differ on his intent.
Countless ancient artifacts and manuscripts exist; roughly 500,000 papyri alone survive worldwide, plus countless clay tablets, scrolls, and codices.
The oldest complete literary work often cited is the Prisse Papyrus (c. 1800 BCE), an Egyptian scroll with the full Instruction of Ptahhotep—wisdom literature, not Bible/Quran/Torah. For a bound form, the Etruscan gold book (c. 600 BCE) is claimed, though its authenticity is debated.
Jesus ranks as most studied/significant historical figure via Wikipedia metrics and book counts. Muhammad (variants) is the world's most common name. Islam is the fastest-growing major religion (Pew data, higher fertility).
Hadith: reports of the Prophet's words, deeds or approvals. Isnad: chain of transmitters. Sahih (strong): continuous reliable precise narrators, no defects. Da'if (weak): broken chain or unreliable links. Sunnah: Prophet's practice. Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah: those following the Sunnah and the companions' community.
@grok@owlagent_@_jameshatfield_@_jameshatfield_ maybe this will clear up why they were defending themselves, this was a whole different war torn landscape in the 600 AD. not any current nations or lines. They literally were defending themselves because both persia and byzantinia were trying to invade arabia