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If the Christians desist from their vain attempt of
defining the essence of the Supreme Being, and confess
His absolute Oneness, then a union between them and the
Muslims is not only probable but also extremely possible.
For once, the unity of God is accepted and acknowledged;
the other points of difference between the two faiths can
be more easily settled.

II. Allah and His Attributes:

There are two fundamental points between Islam
and Christianity, which, for the sake of the truth and
the peace of the world, deserve a very serious and deep
investigation. As these two religions claim their origin
from the same source, it would follow that no important
point of controversy between them should exist. Both
these great religions believe in the existence of the Deity
and in the covenant made between God and the Prophet
Abraham (pbuh). On these two principal points, a thoroughly
conscientious and final agreement must be made between
the intelligent adherents of the two faiths. Are we poor and
ignorant mortals who believe in and worship one God, or
do we believe in and fear a plurality of Gods? Which of
the two, Christ or Muhammad (pbuh), is the object of the
Divine Covenant? These two questions must be dealt with
once and for all.

It would be a mere waste of time here to refute those
who ignorantly or maliciously suppose the Allah of Islam
to be different from the true God and only a fictitious deity
of Muhammad’s own creation. If the Christian priests and
theologians knew their Scriptures in the original Hebrew
instead of in translations as the Muslims read their Quran in
its Arabic text, they would clearly see that Allah is the same
ancient Semitic name of the Supreme Being who revealed
and spoke to Adam (pbuh) and all the prophets (pbtuhem).