@islamoyankee So simple that both Christians and Muslims should be able to agree.

Some non-Arabic people may have problem with saying “Allah”. But “Allah” just means God in Arabic:

Allāh, […] is the common Arabic word for God. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ilāh, which means “the god”, and is linguistically related to the Aramaic words Elah and Syriac ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (ʼAlāhā) and the Hebrew word El (Elohim) for God.

Jesus (PBUH) probably used similar word too:

To answer your question, Jesus [PBUH] would almost certainly have used one of the two, or both at the same time as it is commonly done in Syriac: Maria Alaha.

Last remark: The arabic word Allah, used also by Arabic Christians, is no more no less related to the Aramaic Alaha than to the Hebrew Elohim. The three share a common linguistic root, which is nothing exceptional, so no point being dragged on sterile arguments concerning this point.

Arabic Christians may say “Allahu Akbar” too which just means “God is greatest”:

And as Allahu Akbar means “God is [the] greatest”, as a Christian I have no problem with this.

Because, obviously, I believe that my God, as the only God, is the greatest.

So there’s basically no difference between the Christian and Muslim belief.

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