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The Moslem Doctrine of God: An Essay on the Character and Attributes of Allah according to the Koran and Orthodox Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

Zwemer investigates not only the Qur’an, but also the Hadith (the records of the authoritative sayings and doings of Muhammad), as well as Islamic orthodox traditions in this concise and focused study into the Muslim doctrine of God.

in deity (viz., 4, 29, 51 and 85); although we admit that the merciful attributes are in a sense moral attributes. Of these only two occur in the Koran, and both are of doubtful significance in Moslem theology! While we find that the “terrible” attributes of God’s power occur again and again in the Koran, the net total of the moral attributes is found in two verses, which mention that Allah is Holy and Truthful, i.e., in the Moslem sense of those words. What a contrast to the Bible! The Koran shows
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