2 Preface الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العالَمينَAhmed AliALL PRAISE BE to Allah,1 Lord of all the worlds, Allah is the name of the same supreme Being who is called in English God and Khuda in Persian. He is the same God the Jews and Christians worship. “Our God and your God is one,” is said in the Qur’an to the people of the Book in 29:46. “Whatever name you call Him by, (Allah or Ar-Rahman), all His names are beautiful.” 17:110.