However, the Islamic doctrine of monotheism (tawhid) protects God’s otherness at the high cost of sacrificing the relational aspect of God’s nature. Allah does not enter into relationship with Muslims. The very word Islam means “to submit” to the will of Allah. A Muslim is called to obey Allah, not to know Him. The well-known Iranian theologian of Islam, Al-Ghazali summed it up well when he said, “Allah does not reveal Himself, He only reveals His will.

From “Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the Twenty-first Century (Invitation to Theological Studies Series)” by Dr Timothy Tennent

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