Majlis Gereja Malaysia (CCM) mengumumkan bahawa kesemua gereja akan menggunakan kalimah Allah walau Sultan Selangor mengeluarkan titah yang menghalang golongan bukan Islam daripada menggunakannya.
Setiausaha agungnya Rev Hermen Shastri berkata para ketua gereja CCM, semasa permukiman di Ipoh, mengambil maklum berhubung perbincangan mengenai penggunaan kalimah berkenaan untuk golongan bukan Islam.
"Kami ingin mengulangi pendirian bahawa (penganut) Kristian Malaysia menggunakan perkataan Allan dalam Injil bahasa Melayu dan pengabdian hidup mereka sejak berabad lamanya," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.
Tambahnya, banyak masyarakat pribumi yang merangkumkan perkataan ini dalam bahasa seharian mereka.
Oleh itu, CCM akan meneruskan amalan ini, katanya lagi yang menambah, perkara itu dijamin dalam Perkara 11 Perlembagaan Persekutuan.
Pandangan CCM itu dikongsi Persekutuan Kristian Malaysia (CFM).
I never and will never use allah in my prayer. ....if one google the name allah...u know the truth....whether is pagan name or.......
what is GOD name???
THE NAMES OF GOD OLD TESTAMENT NAMES FOR GOD
ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1meaning "God", a reference to God's power and might.ADONAI......Malachi 1:6meaning "Lord", a reference to the Lordship of God.JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4a reference to God's divine salvation.JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM.......Exodus 31:13meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"JEHOVAH-ROHI......Psalm 23:1meaning "The Lord my shepherd"JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.......Ezekiel 48:35meaning "The Lord who is present"JEHOVAH-RAPHA.........Exodus 15:26meaning "The Lord our healer"JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU......Jeremiah 23:6meaning "The Lord our righteousness"JEHOVAH-JIREH.........Genesis 22:13-14meaning "The Lord will provide"JEHOVAH-NISSI.........Exodus 17:15meaning "The Lord our banner"JEHOVAH-SHALOM........Judges 6:24meaning "The Lord is peace"JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH......Isaiah 6:1-3meaning "The Lord of Hosts"JEHOVAH-GMOLAH........Jeremiah 51:6meaning "The God of Recompense"EL-ELYON..............Genesis 14:17-20,Isaiah 14:13-14meaning "The most high GodEL-ROI................Genesis 16:13meaning "The strong one who sees"EL-SHADDAI............Genesis 17:1,Psalm 91:1meaning "The God of the mountains or God Almighty"EL-OLAM...............Isaiah 40:28-31meaning "The everlasting God"MORE NAMES OF GOD--Father, Son, Holy Spirit
AbukRokok posted on 10-1-2013 01:45 PM
so explain why ereb christian use Allah..... stupid
Allah has been used by jew and christian before ...
The Jews n me never called allah . I addressed GOD Father -Elohim or Almighty GOD
google the meaning of allah.
thruout the Jewis torah and Bible no such thing allah
AbukRokok posted on 10-1-2013 02:06 PM
so why the coptic use it
i dont understand u...
simple, dont use allah to make muslim to accept christian
that what i feels...
one should accept christ faith in pure and sincere not promoting allah to misleads muslims that mulims think is ok to accept chrisitan because same name...
AbukRokok posted on 10-1-2013 01:45 PM
so explain why ereb christian use Allah..... stupid
Allah has been used by jew and christian before ...
Allah is an Arabic Word. It has nothing to do with Jews who came from Egypt at the time of Moses.
Even during Muhammad's time, both Arabs and Jews were separate people, each with their own beliefs. Therefore, it is not logical to say non-Arabs used the word Allah to refer to their God.
Sephiroth posted on 11-1-2013 09:27 AM
Allah is an Arabic Word. It has nothing to do with Jews who came from Egypt at the time of Moses.
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Allah is an Arabic Word. It has nothing to do with Jews who came from Egypt at the time of Moses.
Even during Muhammad's time, both Arabs and Jews were separate people, each with their own beliefs. Therefore, it is not logical to say non-Arabs used the word Allah to refer to their God.
finally you talking with brain ....
yes it is arabic language....
not necessary to use allah....
when we have faith and sincere with Creator, even the name Tuhan or calling HIM as Abba please HIM....
it is faith that counts not necessary to use allah....
Can Christians use the word "Allah"? Asalamu Aleikum,
Many have asked the following question:
I have always been told that Allah is a false god, so how can you say that it is OK for Christians to use the word Allah to refer to God in Arabic?
That is a very good question!
This quotation may help to answer your question:
“…It’s interesting to observe that, in rejecting the Athenian’s erroneous concept of God, Paul did not reject the word they used for God, Theos, which was the common Greek word for God. Some Christians unthinkingly say 'Allah is not God.' This is the ultimate blasphemy to Muslims, and furthermore, it is difficult to understand. Allah is the primary Arabic word for God. It means 'The God.' There are some minor exceptions. For example, the Bible in some Muslim lands uses a word for God other than Allah (Farsi and Urdu are examples). But for more than five hundred years before Muhammad, the vast majority of Jews and Christians in Arabia called God by the name Allah. How, then, can we say that Allah is an invalid name for God? If it is, to whom have these Jews and Christians been praying? And what about the 10 to 12 million Arab Christians today? They have been calling God ‘Allah’ in their Bibles, hymns, poems, writings, and worship for over nineteen centuries. What an insult to them when we tell them not to use this word ‘Allah’! Instead of bridging the distance between Muslims and Christians, we widen the gulf of separation between them and us when we promote such a doctrine. Those who still insist that it is blasphemy to refer to God as Allah should also consider that Muhammad’s father was named Abd Allah, ‘God’s servant,’ many years before his son was born or Islam was founded!” --excerpted from BUILDING BRIDGES by Fouad Accad (Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress, p. 22).
I think the issue is not whether it is appropriate for Christians to use the word Allah for "God". Probably the issue is if "Allah" in the Qur'an is exactly the same as YHVH in the Bible. I would have to say absolutely not! But just as I do not stop using the word "God" in English because many false sects also use that same word, I do not need to stop using the word "Allah" just because the Qur'an uses the same word. Rather, I need to show Muslims the true identity of Allah in the Bible, instead of fighting with them over semantics, and therefore never getting to the real issues.
As followers of Christ we need to support one another and pray for one another, even if there are some minor differences in vocabulary as to how to share the only and unique message of the one true Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Peace to you.