GOD IN ISLAM

Islam's fundamental
theological concept is
tawhīd-the belief that
there is only one god. The
Arabic term for God is Allāh;
most scholars believe it was
derived from a contraction
of the words al- (the) and
ʾilāh (deity, masculine
form), meaning "the
god" (al-ilāh), but others
trace its origin to the
Aramaic Alāhā. The first of
the Five Pillars of Islam,
tawhīd 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 comprehension;
Muslims are not expected to
visualize God but to
worship and adore him as a
protector. Although Muslims
believe that Jesus was a
prophet, they reject the
Christian doctrine of the
Trinity, comparing it to
polytheism. In Islamic
theology, Jesus was just a
man and not the son of
God; God is described in a
chapter (sura) of the Qur'an
as "...God, the One and Only;
God, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not, nor is He
begotten; And there is none
like unto Him."