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I thought that the 10 commandments applied to all of mankind.

Yes and no.

Commandments 1-4 are specific to the Jews (and later Christians) to keep the Covenant while 5-6 are common to almost every religion known to man. They are common sense for a functioning society.

5) “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
6) “You shall not murder.
7) “You shall not commit adultery.
“You shall not steal.
9) “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
10) “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Parents generally have the benefit of experience and learning from their experience can make your life easier, thus “honor your father and mother”. The rest are pretty obvious and don’t need explanation.

As for the Holy Trinity, they are one and the same yet distinct aspects of God and not used interchangeably. God the Father not die upon the cross, nor did the Holy Spirit, Jesus did.

“At the time of Muhammad (CE 570-632), his tribe the Quraysh was in charge of the Kaaba, which was at that time a shrine containing hundreds of idols representing Arabian tribal gods and other religious figures, including Jesus and Mary.”

“In pre-Islamic Arabia amongst pagan Arabs, Allah was not considered the sole divinity, having associates and companions, sons and daughters – a concept which Islam thoroughly and resolutely abrogated. In Islam, the name Allah is the supreme and all-comprehensive divine name. All other divine names are believed to refer back to Allah. Allah is unique, the only Deity, creator of the universe and omnipotent. Arab Christians today use terms such as Allāh al-ʼAb ( الله الأب, “God the Father”) to distinguish their usage from Muslim usage.”

I reiterate, Allah was the name of a pagan god whom Mohammed elevated to “one god” status, making it the “all-comprehensive” name. And while you are slightly correct in that tradition has expanded its linguistic usage, just because I decide to call all religion’s gods or a significant number of Latino men Jesus and it catches on doesn’t change the fact that Jesus is Jesus Christ and doesn’t make them Jesus Christ either. By taking the term/name Allah and making it all comprehensive Mohammed was attempting to co opt the God of Abraham and add a little “lube” to forced conversion. “See Mr. Independant, Buddha is really just another name for Allah, so really you’ve been praying to Allah all along. Why don’t you just go ahead and submit, that way you won’t have to find out if I’ve sharpened my sword lately…”