Is God always a male in Islam?

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Why do we quote Allah (swt) as – Him/His ?
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A10. a) The Arabic word ‘Allah’ has no gender. The Arabic grammar has only two genders, male and female and male gender is of two types:
1. Masculine Haqeeqi i.e. Real, which is used to denote the masculine gender in humans, animals.
2. Masculine Majazi i.e. Unreal, wherein it is used as Masculine but in reality it is not so e.g. (Angels) Malak, Layl (Night), Bab (door). The word Allah (swt), too falls in the second category i.e. Masculine Majazi.
The English language has got three genders; male, female and neutral. So if we translate the Arabic word ‘huwa’ into English, it can be translated as ‘he’ or ‘it’. And the Arabic word ‘hiya’ can be translated as ’she’ or ‘it’.

Except in English as in Arabic a personal pronoun as opposed to a thing requires a gender, so "he" becomes the default under most circumstances.

[B]In Arabic grammar there are certain rules and criteria for feminine gender. First, if it is female by nature, like the word mother (ummum), it becomes feminine in gender. Allah is not a female. Second, if it ends with the third Arabic letter ‘ta’ like ‘mirwahtun’ (fan), it becomes feminine. The Arabic word ‘Allah’ doesn’t end with ‘ta’ so it cannot be feminine.

Except it ends with an "h" which is basically written the same way as ta marbuta. Back in when the Qur'an was written there were no diacriticals to distinguish between an "h" and "t." Still today in spoken Arabic the feminine "t" is often pronounced "h." But granted the word Allah always take a male pronoun in the Qur'an. However, we might consider the verse bismillah ir rahman ir raheem which begins every surah of the Qur'an save one. Rahman and Raheem are usually translated as Mercy and Compassion but the root of both words is the same RHM which means womb. Males don't have wombs.

b) Many people have a misconception that Islam is a new religion and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the founder of Islam. However, Islam has been in existence since time immemorial.

If by Islam, you mean "submission to God" then certainly that pre-dates Muhammad, but in that sense we are hopefully all Muslims.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is not the founder of Islam but the last and final messenger of Allah.

Except that is not what the Qur'an says. The Qur'an say Muhammad is the khatem-nabi, meaning the Seal of the Prophets. The Arabic word for Messenger is rasul, not nabi.

[B]Thus, Islam is the first religion and hence the oldest of all the religions. It is the only true religion. All the other religions came later.

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the all other religions are simply earlier forms of Islam; at least the older ones of course.

[B]The Glorious Qur’an is the last and final revelation of Allah (swt) which was revealed to the last and final messenger prophet Muhammad (pbuh). After him no messenger will come to guide humankind.

So you think the Hand of God is tied up, then?

Moreover, Joseph had come to you before with clear tokens, but ye
ceased not to doubt of the message with which he came to you, until when he
died, ye said, 'God will by no means raise up an apostle after him.'" Thus God
misleadeth him who is the transgressor, the doubter.

(The Qur'an (Rodwell tr), Sura 40 - The Believer)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGiiDceMFa8

Very striking that there are not any women in the audience.