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The predicament of islamic monotheism. As noted in the previous article in this series,1 the term ―Allah was introduced into Islam from the Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians living in the Arab Peninsula as referring to the one and only true God. However, though both Islam and Christianity may believe in the same God as subject, yet they differ widely on...

Islam has reasons to rejects biblical christology. It views Muhammad as the last of all the prophets. He is perceived as having had a special relationship with God similar to that of the prophets of Israel.

The previous article in this series analyzed one of the last surahs of the Qur‘an, Surah 5, in order to show that holding certain theological concepts informs the qur‘anic picture of Christ as taught by Muhammad.