Assalamu aleikum,
Sister Laian, I agree with you, , then I will be only pleased if sister Muslimah wipes it off. I am not that knowableable about sufism, I did not notice anything strange in what I read and then quoted. Maybe I can be enlightened what sufism is? Maybe a brother or a sister can start a thread to tell about this, so I know what to avoid in future, insha'Allah.
And I do agree, as a monotheist there IS only one God. Allah, SWT. BUT the 'picture' of Him may be different between the three monotheistic faiths. As a Muslimah I do believe what Islam teaches, that is the only picture of Him that makes SENSE, that Allah, SWT is as described in Islam. And nothing else. But still whatever attributes OTHER monotheists who are NOT Muslims give Him are THEIR understanding of Him. And they did not learn this from HIM, that I am also convinced of.
The following from the Qur'an and the translation of Yusufali
''If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to Allah, they are indeed unjust wrong-doers.''
3:94
''Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that can create nothing, but are themselves created?''
7:191
"See ye what things Allah hath sent down to you for sustenance? Yet ye hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things) lawful." Say: "Hath Allah indeed permitted you, or do ye invent (things) to attribute to Allah?"
10:59
''If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!''
21:22
''No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him!''
23:91
''Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night: Behold! Ye (constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to Allah and to attribute equals to Him!" They will declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: We shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital for their (ill) Deeds.''
34:33
''Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the things they ascribe (to Him)!''
37:159
''No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him!''
39:15
''Yet they attribute to some of His servants a share with Him (in his godhead)! truly is man a blasphemous ingrate avowed!''
43:15
''Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection), the Guardian of Faith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the Supreme: Glory to Allah! (High is He) above the partners they attribute to Him.''
59:23