Islam
Islamic texts
depict Judaism and Christianity as prophetic successor traditions to the teachings of
Abraham. The Qur'an calls Jews and Christians "People of the Book" (ahl alkitb), and
distinguishes them from polytheists. Muslims believe that parts of the previously revealed
scriptures, the Tawrat (Torah) and the Injil (Gospels), had become distorted--either in
interpretation, in text, or both.
God
Islam's fundamental theological concept is tawhd--the belief that there is only one God. The
Arabic term for God is Allh; most scholars believe it was derived from a contraction of the
words al (the) and ilh (deity, masculine form), meaning "the God" (alilh), but others trace
its origin to the Aramaic Alh. The first of the Five Pillars of Islam, tawhd is expressed in
the shahadah (testification), which declares that there is no god but God, and that
Muhammad is God's messenger. In traditional Islamic theology, God is beyond all
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