Why Muhammad cannot accept the concept of trinity. Where did he obtain his reference?

Question

The father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 3 personin one God.

Answer 1

islam too has a trinity. its called uzza, manat and banat (read the satanic verses in sura 53)

Answer 2

As a CHRISTIAN - I do not accept the Roman Catholic "Trinity" dogma. Why?

The whole formulation of the "trinity" was created by Tertullian around 200 AD, and his ideas were officially embraced by the Roman Catholic Church about a century later.

It is impossible that any trinitarian concepts were taught in the New Testament Church - because the concept was not even heard of until almost 200 years LATER!

Most so called Christian Churches who teach trinity are hanging onto the Roman Catholic FALSE teachings and naturally are going to try and force fit the ideas set forth by manipulating scriptures.

How arrogant it is for GENTILES to assume that God hates Jews so bad he would not reveal his triunity to his closest, dearest ones! Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses - God would hide his triunity from these? And hide that from Daniel, and the other Prophets?

ITS NOT GUNNA HAPPEN!
Jesus never said, "I am God". He never said, "I am the Father". he said, "I AND the Father ARE ONE".
This was a statement of UNION - in that God dwelt in him. They are one. God put his very Spirit IN Jesus - just as he did with the Ark of the former Covenant. JESUS IS THE ARK OF THE NEW COVENANT - a house of God made without human hands.

GOD IS SPIRIT! God is HOLY. God is the Holy Spirit. No three Gods.

Jesus himself when called "good" replied essentially that he was not good - Only GOD is good. This is Bible, fella! Wise up.

Jesus spoke what God told him to, and did the deeds God shown him to do -it says so more than once in the Gospel of John.

Jesus is the Only Mediator between God and Man. Jesus said of those who do the will of the Father are Jesus's mother, brothers and sisters. We can not be brother to God!!!!!

When Jesus destroys all God's enemies - the last enemy being death, He (Jesus) hands ALL power and Authority back to the Father and Jesus will then be as we are and a BROTHER like us. SO SAYS PAUL!

READ YOUR BIBLE! And don't take the word of religious sectarian garbage that conflicts with Christ. The Roman Catholic Church is a heretic church - God shown me a vision of her corruption and I warn you to come out from her Trinity teachings that has infested many off-shoot churches.

Answer 3

I'd rather ask how come we Christians end up with this Trinity contraption. To me it looks as a compromise that places Christianity halfway between pagan politheism and semitic monotheism. The concept of the Trinity was inferred from the Bible, so it's just another reading of the texts. That's all.
Remaining a Christian, in this particular topic I'm with Muhammad.

Answer 4

Father,Son and the Holy Spirit!!!!duh!!!grow up man!!!!

Answer 5

It is mentioned in Quran : "mistaken those who say God is Three"
Why Mohammed should accept what is not right and was not confirmed by God??

Answer 6

'O people of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion, nor utter anything concerning God save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of God, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and do not say 'Three'. Desist, it will be better for you. God is only One God. . . . The Messiah would never have scorned to be a slave of God.' (Quran:
Surat al-Nisa, 171-2)


The Prophet Muhammad was asked by his contemporaries about Allah; the answer came directly from Allah Himself in the form of a short chapter of the Qur’an, which is considered the essence of the unity or the motto of monotheism. This is chapter 112 which means:

(Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.) (112: 1-4)

The three monotheistic religions-- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-- all purport to share one fundamental concept: belief in God as the Supreme Being, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe. Known as "tawhid" in Islam, this concept of the Oneness of God was stressed by Moses in a Biblical passage known as the "Shema", or the Jewish creed of faith: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." (Deuteronomy 6:4)

It was repeated word-for-word approximately 1500 years later by Jesus when he said "...The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord." (Mark 12:29)

Muhammad came along approximately 600 years later, bringing the same message again: "And your God is One God: there is no God but He, ..." (The Qur'an 2:163).

Christianity has digressed from the concept of the Oneness of God, however, into a vague and mysterious doctrine that was formulated during the fourth century. This doctrine, which continues to be a source of controversy both within and without the Christian religion, is known as the Doctrine of the Trinity. Simply put, the Christian doctrine of the Trinity states that God is the union of three divine persons-- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit-- in one divine being.

If that concept, put in basic terms, sounds confusing, the flowery language in the actual text of the doctrine lends even more mystery to the matter:

"...we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity...for there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Ghost is all one...they are not three gods, but one God...the whole three persons are co-eternal and co-equal...he therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity..." (excerpts from the Athanasian Creed).

It is said that Athanasius, the bishop who formulated this doctrine, confessed that the more he wrote on the matter, the less capable he was of clearly expressing his thoughts regarding it.

How did such a confusing doctrine get its start?

Trinity in the Bible

References in the Bible to a Trinity of divine beings are vague, at best.
It can, therefore, be seen that the concept of a Trinity of divine beings was not an idea put forth by Jesus or any other prophet of God. This doctrine, now subscribed to by Christians all over the world, is entirely man-made in origin.

The Doctrine Takes Shape

While Paul of Tarsus, the man who could rightfully be considered the true founder of Christianity, did formulate many of its doctrines, that of the Trinity was not among them. He did, however, lay the groundwork for such when he put forth the idea of Jesus being a "divine Son". After all, a Son does need a Father, and what about a vehicle for God's revelations to man? In essence, Paul named the principal players, but it was the later Church people who put the matter together.

Tertullian, a lawyer and presbyter of the third-century Church in Carthage, was the first to use the word "Trinity" when he put forth the theory that the Son and the Spirit participate in the being of God, but all are of one being of substance with the Father.

A Formal Doctrine Is Drawn Up

When controversy over the matter of the Trinity blew up in 318 between two church men from Alexandria--Arius, the deacon, and Alexander, his bishop-- Emperor Constantine stepped into the fray.

Although Christian dogma was a complete mystery to him, he did realize that a unified church was necessary for a strong kingdom. When negotiation failed to settle the dispute, Constantine called for the first ecumenical council in Church history in order to settle the matter once and for all.

Six weeks after the 300 bishops first gathered at Nicea in 325, the doctrine of the Trinity was hammered out. The God of the Christians was now seen as having three essences, or natures, in the form of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Islam and the Matter of the Trinity

While Christianity may have a problem defining the essence of God, such is not the case in Islam.

"They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity, for there is no god except One God" (Qur'an 5:73). It is worth noting that the Arabic language Bible uses the name "Allah" as the name of God.

Suzanne Haneef, in her book What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims (Library of Islam, 1985), puts the matter quite succinctly when she says "But God is not like a pie or an apple which can be divided into three thirds which form one whole; if God is three persons or possesses three parts, He is assuredly not the Single, Unique, Indivisible Being which God is and which Christianity professes to believe in." (pp. 183-184)

Looking at it from another angle, the Trinity designates God as being three separate entities -- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. If God is the Father and also the Son, He would then be the Father of Himself because He is His own Son. This is not exactly logical.

Christianity claims to be a monotheistic religion. Monotheism, however, has as its fundamental belief that God is One; the Christian doctrine of the Trinity -- God being Three-in-One-- is seen by Islam as a form of polytheism. Christians don't revere just One God, they revere three.

In conclusion, we see that the doctrine of the Trinity is a concept conceived entirely by man; there is no sanction whatsoever from God to be found regarding the matter simply because the whole idea of a Trinity of divine beings has no place in monotheism. In the Qur'an, God's Final Revelation to mankind, we find His stand quite clearly stated in a number of eloquent passages,

"... your God is One God: whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner." (the Qur'an 18:110)

"... take not, with God, another object of worship, lest you should be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected." (the Qur'an 17:39)

-- because, as God tells us over and over again in a Message that is echoed throughout ALL His Revealed Scriptures,

"... I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore, serve Me (and no other) ..." (the Qur'an 21:92)

Answer 7

you have to say where did christians obtain their reference that there's three Gods.