Who is Allah?

The One God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace be upon them all, named in the languages of the Torah, the Bible and the Qur’an.

New here? Start here The 99 Names

01אלהיםElohimHebrew
02ܐܠܗܐAlahaAramaic
03اللهAllahArabic
04GodGodEnglish

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Pick the door that fits you today. You can always come back.

I’m JewishHow this site tells Judaism, in its own words.

I’m ChristianHow this site tells Christianity, in its own words.

I’m MuslimAllah, His Names and the prophets, as Islam teaches.

I’m new to all thisFive short stops, about 25 minutes.

I love nature and scienceSigns in creation, and what science shows.

I have a hard questionSuffering, doubt, and why people blame God.

I want to meet my neighboursPlaces to visit, shared days, remembering together.

I just want to watch somethingOur films, and a thousand free documentaries.

I’m a teacherClips, notes and lesson starters for RE.

Allah, in one breath

Allah is the Arabic word for God, used by Muslims and by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews. Jews, Christians and Muslims each believe God is One, the Creator of everything and merciful; the Qur'an adds that nothing in creation is like Him.

01What the word means 02God in three faiths 03Why there's no picture 04Christians and Jews say it too 05Same God?06The One called “the Name”07Our Father 08One, and like nothing 09Same word, different mouths

Listen

Hear all three

The Torah chanted, the Bible read aloud, the Qur'an recited: one player, verse by verse, with the English alongside.

Torah · Hebrew · JPS 1917The Torah, chantedAll 54 weekly portions, starting with this week's▶ Play

Bible · English · WEBBEThe Bible, read aloudAll 66 books, 1,189 chapters▶ Play

Qur'an · Arabic · PickthallThe Qur'an, recitedSheikh Abdul Basit, all 114 surahs▶ Play

Signs in creation

Rain, a seed, the sea, a bee: look again at the world.

All the signs →

A Name for today

الْبَاسِطُ

al-Bāsiṭ · The One who expands and extends provision

Read the Name →

01Flashcards 02Night sky 03Match the Names

Films and talks

Our own films first, then talks and documentaries chosen for this page. They all play here.

How big is everything?
Our film
From the Hubble telescope to ten thousand galaxies. 75 seconds.
The Merciful
Our film
One of the 99 Names, in English first, then Arabic. 60 seconds.
Who is Allah? in 15 seconds
whoisallah.org.uk · 1 min
Who Is Allah? | Surah Al-Ikhlas
Cambridge Central Mosque · 1 min
Cambridge Central Mosque: Surah al-Ikhlas, "Say: He is God, the One", in one minute.
Rabbi Sacks on Connecting to God & Finding Inspiration | Animation | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The Rabbi Sacks Legacy · 3 min
Archbishop Rowan Williams on God | The Meaning of Life | RTÉ One
RTÉ - IRELAND’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA · 1 min
The Lord's Prayer | Arabic
St Luke's Kentish Town · 1 min
St Luke's Kentish Town: the Lord's Prayer in Arabic, where God is Allah.
Is Allah God? | Prof. Miroslav Volf
Emir-Stein Center · 9 min
Prof Miroslav Volf: is Allah God? A Christian theologian answers.
The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization
American Museum of Natural History · 6 min
Powers of Ten™ (1977)
Eames Office · 9 min
Powers of Ten: the Eames film that zooms from a picnic to the edge of the universe.
The Divine Closeness – Abdal Hakim Murad
Cambridge Muslim College · 13 min
How Similar Are ARABIC and HEBREW? (Massive reboot)
Langfocus · 24 min
Langfocus: how similar are Arabic and Hebrew? The family the word Allah belongs to.
[FILM] 1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al Haytham (English Version)
1001Inventions · 15 min
Film on Ibn al-Haytham, with Omar Sharif in his final role.
Rabbi Sacks on 'The Great Partnership' | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The Rabbi Sacks Legacy · 7 min
Rabbi Sacks introduces The Great Partnership.
Shoaib Malik - Islam, Science and God (1/4)
Cambridge Muslim College · 18 min
Shoaib Malik, Islam, Science and God (1 of 4): a careful Muslim academic voice on science.
Introducing Science and Religion - Prof. Bob White
The Faraday Institute · 78 min
Bob White's introduction to science and religion.
Hubble - 15 years of discovery
HubbleWebbESA · 81 min
Hubble's fifteen-year story of discovery: a free full documentary.
Paula Gooder: Glimpsing Glory: Seeing God in the Everyday
Greenbelt Festival · 46 min
Seeing God in everyday, ordinary places and people in the Bible (Greenbelt, 2015).
Paul Davies - Why a Fine-Tuned Universe?
Closer To Truth · 5 min
Sami Yusuf - The 99 Names (أسماء الله الحسنى) #worldmusic
Sami Yusuf · 9 min
The 99 Names sung in full by a British-born composer, heard by tens of millions.
Love of Beauty – Abdal Hakim Murad: Friday Sermon
Cambridge Central Mosque · 24 min
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