God

Mungu (of Bantu origin, not an Arabic loan) is the standard term shared across Christian and Islamic Swahili usage alike, referring to the one God both traditions worship, which is a genuine point of contact. Mwenyezi Mungu (‘God, the All-Powerful/All-Capable’) is the more specifically Islamic-register phrase and should generally be avoided in this curriculum’s doctrinal exposition to keep the text’s own register clearly Christian rather than blended.