Comment below: **
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > > I asked an Islamic guy, on State st., Madison, about the name(s) of God, in > the Islamic faith... > He said, there's only one name of God: Allah > Ok, what about Mohammahd, I asked..? > No, he's like a prophet like Jesus or Moses, but not the name of God... > > So, I heard, it's ' a good thang' if after you end a talk with one of our > Muslim brothers, to offer the saying: 'Jesus be with you'...as they see that > as an acknowledgement of their faith... > > So, back to the main topic: > If you say this mantra, real fast...Allah, Allah, Allah... > Afteer a while, it starts to sound like: > La, la...La, la...la, la... > ya all git the idea?... > > r.g. > ** The phrase, "La'illaha il' Allahu", generally translated into English as "There is no God but God", which I first heard in high school within a comparative religion course (it was a Jesuit high school), never made sense to me until I read one of Coleman Bark's introductions to his "The Essential Rumi" wherein he translates the phrase into two variants: "there's no reality but God; there is only God".
