Is the God of Islam Different from the God of Christians and Jews?
قُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا
Say: we believe in God and what was revealed to us. (Quran 2:136)
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Is the God of Islam different from that of Christians and Jews? No — Allah is the Arabic word for God. The Quran says 'our God and your God is One'; the difference is in description.
وَإِلَٰهُنَا وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ وَٰحِدٌ
And our God and your God is One.
— Quran 29:46
The Same Word
Allah is simply the Arabic word for God — the very word Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use in their Bibles and prayers. It is not the name of a separate or rival deity. When a Muslim says 'Allah,' they mean the one Creator of the universe: the God of Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
One God, the Quran Insists
The Quran explicitly tells Muslims to say to Jews and Christians: 'our God and your God is One' (29:46). Islam affirms the same God who created the world, spoke to the prophets, and will judge humanity. The shared lineage of Abraham runs through all three faiths.
Where the Difference Lies
The disagreement is not over which God exists, but over how He is described. Islam holds firmly to His absolute oneness — no partners, no son, no division — and on this it differs from Christian doctrine of the Trinity. But the object of worship, the one true Creator, is the same God.
Muslims do not worship a different God — they worship the same God, and insist only on His perfect oneness.