PART 4: The God of the Bible and Allah of the Qur’an

Why They Cannot Be the Same God

A Biblical Examination of Radical Islam, the Identity of Jesus Christ, and the Only Way of Salvation

Part 4 — Allah Is Not the Father

Why Rejecting the Son Means Rejecting the Father

One of the most significant differences between the God revealed in the Bible and Allah as presented in the Qur’an concerns the relationship between God and Jesus Christ.

The Bible reveals God as Father.
Not merely as a title.
Not merely as a relationship God created later.
The Fatherhood of God is eternally connected to who God is.
The Son is eternally the Son.
The Father is eternally the Father.

This relationship is not something invented by Christians. It is central to the revelation of God through Jesus Christ.

Jesus did not simply teach people about God.

He revealed God as His Father.

Jesus Revealed God as His Father

Jesus repeatedly spoke of God as His Father.

He taught His disciples to pray:

> “Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.” (Matthew 6:9 NASB)

But Jesus’ relationship with the Father was unique.

He said:

> “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.” (Matthew 11:27 NASB)

Jesus claimed a unique relationship with the Father that no ordinary prophet possessed.

He did not say:

“God is my Father in the same way He is everyone’s Father.”

He spoke of a unique divine relationship between the Father and the Son.

The Son Reveals the Father

The Bible teaches that Jesus came to reveal the Father.

John wrote:

> “No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.”

(John 1:18 NASB)

Jesus Himself said:

> “If you have known Me, you have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.” (John 14:7 NASB)

And:

> “The one who has seen Me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9 NASB)

This is why the identity of Jesus is so important.

You cannot separate Jesus from the Father because the Son is the One who reveals the Father.

The Bible Teaches the Father and the Son Are One in Nature

Jesus said:

> “I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30 NASB)

The religious leaders understood what He was claiming.

They responded:

> “The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.” (John 10:31 NASB)

Jesus asked why they wanted to stone Him.

They answered:

> “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy; because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” (John 10:33 NASB)

They understood that Jesus was claiming equality with God.

Jesus did not correct their understanding.

The Father Sent the Son

The Gospel message begins with the love of the Father.

Jesus said:

> “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NASB)

The Father sent the Son because of His love for sinners.
The Son willingly came.
The Son willingly gave His life.
The Son willingly rose from the dead.
The Father and the Son work together in the salvation of humanity.

Islam Rejects the Fatherhood of God

Islam rejects the biblical teaching that God has an eternal Son.

The Qur’an strongly denies that Allah has a son.

For example:

> “Say, ‘He is Allah, One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born.'” (Qur’an 112:1–3)

The Islamic understanding of God rejects the idea that God has a Son.

This is not a small difference in terminology.
It is a fundamentally different understanding of God’s nature.

The Bible says:

> God is Father.

Islam says:

> Allah is not Father.

These cannot be describing the same understanding of God.

A Common Misunderstanding About the Trinity

Many Muslims—and some critics of Christianity—misunderstand the doctrine of the Trinity.

The biblical Trinity does not teach that God is:

The Father,
The Son,
The Holy Mother.

That is not the Christian doctrine.

The Bible teaches:

There is one God.

Within the one God there are three distinct Persons:

The Father.
The Son.
The Holy Spirit.

The Father is God.

The Son is God.

The Holy Spirit is God.

Yet there is only one God.

Christians do not believe in three gods.

They believe what Scripture reveals:

> “Hear, Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!” (Deuteronomy 6:4 NASB)

And:

> “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19 NASB)

One name.

Three Persons.

Rejecting the Son Means Rejecting the Father

The Apostle John made this connection clear:

> “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.” (1 John 2:23 NASB)

This is one of the most important verses in understanding the difference between biblical Christianity and Islam.

According to John:

You cannot reject the Son and still claim to have the Father.

Why?

Because the Father has revealed Himself through the Son.

To deny who Jesus is, is to reject God’s own testimony.

John wrote:

> “The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.” (1 John 5:10 NASB)

Why This Matters for Salvation

If Jesus is not the Son of God, then He cannot be the Saviour revealed in Scripture.

If Jesus is only a prophet, then He cannot:

Reveal the Father perfectly.
Forgive sins.
Defeat death.
Give eternal life.

But if Jesus truly is the eternal Son of God, then rejecting Him means rejecting God’s only provision for salvation.

Jesus said:

> “The one who believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” (John 3:36 NASB)