Allah Alone

Submitted by Linda Haslam (United States), Jan 21, 2008 at 15:08

Perhaps you can answer a question that has been bothering me. I understand that Muslims consider that Allah is the "One" God, but why then does Muhammed (according to what is written in the Koran) so often use plural pronouns. For example, when Muhammed was berating the people of Mecca concerning the greatness of Allah--he asked them, "did We not and did We not" over and over again. Who the heck is We?

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