إدريس عبدالله
_24 _December _2016هـ الموافق 24-12-2016م, 07:58 PM
In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a communion of three distinct persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Within Islam, however, such a concept of plurality within God is a denial of monotheism and foreign to the revelation found in Muslim scripture. Shirk, the act of ascribing partners to God – whether they be sons, daughters, or other partners – is considered to be blasphemous in Islam. The Qur'an repeatedly and firmly asserts God's absolute oneness, thus ruling out the possibility of another being sharing his sovereignty or nature. Christian doctrines of the Trinity have been rejected by Islam from an early date.
Three Qur'anic verses may directly refer to Hoax of this Trinity doctrine. Possible Qur'anic references are verses 4:171, 5:73, and 5:116 (Interpretation of these verses):
"People of the Book, do not go to excess in your religion, and do not say anything about God except the truth: the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was nothing more than a messenger of God, His word, directed to Mary, a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers and do not speak of a 'Trinity'—stop, that is better for you—God is only one God, He is far above having a son, everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him and He is the best one to trust". [ Qur'an, sura 4 (An-Nisa), ayat 171]
"Those who say, "God is the Messiah, son of Mary," have defied God. The Messiah himself said; "Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord." If anyone associates others with God, God will forbid him from the Garden, and Hell will be his home. No one will help such evildoers. Those people who say that God is the third of three are defying [the truth]: there is only One God. If they persist in what they are saying, a painful punishment will afflict those of them who persist. Why do they not turn to God and ask his forgiveness, when God is most forgiving, most merciful? The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a messenger; other messengers had come and gone before him; his mother was a virtuous woman; both ate food. See how clear We make these signs for them; see how deluded they are. [Qur'an, sura 5 (Al-Ma'ida), ayat 72-75] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-4)
"And when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. [Qur'an, sura 5 (Al-Ma'ida), ayat 116] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-5)
Furthermore, verses 19:88-93, 23:91, and 112:1-4 are relevant to the doctrine of "Trinity" (Interpretation of these verses):
"They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!" Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin, that they should invoke a son for (Allah) Most Gracious. For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah) Most Gracious that He should beget a son. Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to (Allah) Most Gracious as a servant. [ Qur'an, sura 19 (Maryam (sura)), ayat 88-93] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-6)
"No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him! [Qur'an, sura 23 (Al-Mumenoon), ayat 91] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-7)
"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him. [Qur'an, sura 112 (Al-Ikhlas), ayat 1-4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-8)
As to Christian and the Doctrine of Trinity, Thomas states that verse 5:116 need not be seen as describing actually professed beliefs, but rather, giving examples of shirk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirk_%28Islam%29) (claiming divinity for beings other than God) and a "warning against excessive devotion to Jesus and extravagant veneration of Mary, a reminder linked to the central theme of the Qur'an that there is only one God and He alone is to be worshipped." When read in this light, it can be understood as an admonition, "Against the divinization of Jesus that is given elsewhere in the Qur'an and a warning against the virtual divinization of Mary in the declaration of the fifth-century church councils that she is 'God-bearer'."
Such narrowed-understanding and ill interpretation of Quranic verses reveal the real hoax of this Doctrine of trinity that Allah – the Only God – and his messengers have rejected, then Muslim must be careful of the sayings of this Doctrine and their temptation to cultivate the wrong understanding among Muslims' societies.
Three Qur'anic verses may directly refer to Hoax of this Trinity doctrine. Possible Qur'anic references are verses 4:171, 5:73, and 5:116 (Interpretation of these verses):
"People of the Book, do not go to excess in your religion, and do not say anything about God except the truth: the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was nothing more than a messenger of God, His word, directed to Mary, a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers and do not speak of a 'Trinity'—stop, that is better for you—God is only one God, He is far above having a son, everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him and He is the best one to trust". [ Qur'an, sura 4 (An-Nisa), ayat 171]
"Those who say, "God is the Messiah, son of Mary," have defied God. The Messiah himself said; "Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord." If anyone associates others with God, God will forbid him from the Garden, and Hell will be his home. No one will help such evildoers. Those people who say that God is the third of three are defying [the truth]: there is only One God. If they persist in what they are saying, a painful punishment will afflict those of them who persist. Why do they not turn to God and ask his forgiveness, when God is most forgiving, most merciful? The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a messenger; other messengers had come and gone before him; his mother was a virtuous woman; both ate food. See how clear We make these signs for them; see how deluded they are. [Qur'an, sura 5 (Al-Ma'ida), ayat 72-75] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-4)
"And when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. [Qur'an, sura 5 (Al-Ma'ida), ayat 116] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-5)
Furthermore, verses 19:88-93, 23:91, and 112:1-4 are relevant to the doctrine of "Trinity" (Interpretation of these verses):
"They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!" Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin, that they should invoke a son for (Allah) Most Gracious. For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah) Most Gracious that He should beget a son. Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to (Allah) Most Gracious as a servant. [ Qur'an, sura 19 (Maryam (sura)), ayat 88-93] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-6)
"No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him! [Qur'an, sura 23 (Al-Mumenoon), ayat 91] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-7)
"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him. [Qur'an, sura 112 (Al-Ikhlas), ayat 1-4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Trinity#cite_note-8)
As to Christian and the Doctrine of Trinity, Thomas states that verse 5:116 need not be seen as describing actually professed beliefs, but rather, giving examples of shirk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirk_%28Islam%29) (claiming divinity for beings other than God) and a "warning against excessive devotion to Jesus and extravagant veneration of Mary, a reminder linked to the central theme of the Qur'an that there is only one God and He alone is to be worshipped." When read in this light, it can be understood as an admonition, "Against the divinization of Jesus that is given elsewhere in the Qur'an and a warning against the virtual divinization of Mary in the declaration of the fifth-century church councils that she is 'God-bearer'."
Such narrowed-understanding and ill interpretation of Quranic verses reveal the real hoax of this Doctrine of trinity that Allah – the Only God – and his messengers have rejected, then Muslim must be careful of the sayings of this Doctrine and their temptation to cultivate the wrong understanding among Muslims' societies.