 | So people say Allah is the Arabic word for God, but if that were the case if you were to translate the shahada into English wouldn’t it read “There is no God but God.” Which doesn’t make sense, however I have seen another translation which is “There is no deity but God.” Which again that couldn’t really make sense because the use of the word deity isn’t just exclusive to a creator, it may be anything of spiritual nature with significant influence but not necessarily a sole creator. Then to say “There is no God but Allah” that could not be classed as a full translation as you have not translated the word Allah which kind of brings us back in a loop to “There is no God but God” The reason I’m seeking clarity on this is because now I’m seeing “There is no God only Allah” using “only” instead of “but” suggests that Allah is implying pre existing understandings of what God is does not exist and that Allah is of a different nature. I’ll attach a picture here which sparked my thinking. As though the idea of God being a separate entity is redefined in the shahada as there is no God (separate entity) there is just Allah (the Oneness). And as Allah said all creatures submit to him willingly or unwillingly this supports the idea that all creation is one with Allah. Now, what I’m about to say may raise some eyebrows and in no way shape or form am I saying this is a reliable way to think about Islam or religion in general but I’d thought I’d share. A couple of years ago before I was even certain I believed in God I smoked DMT which is a type of psychedelic, me and the other person both came to a conclusion where everything felt one and we did not feel alone. I find it to difficult to try articulate that feeling but it was as thought there was no separate self or ego there just was this feeling everything is one. Since reading the quote below it did take me back to remembering how that experience felt. I am opposed to the idea of using substances now and I do not believe it’s the right route into understanding things but there probably are a lot of reverts who at a time wanted to seek truth so badly before we heard about Islam and likely have done these things. But it had me thinking is Allah the One or the Oneness? I’ve also heard people say that the translation of Allah is The God rather than just God which again further confuses things. [link] [comments] |
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