What is the view of Islam on the doctrine of the Trinity?

Question

Islam emphatically denies this doctrine. The Holy Qur'an declares:

"Say: God is One on Whom all depend. He did not beget, nor was He begotten, and none is equal to Him." 112:1-4

"And they say the Beneficent has taken to Himself a son. Certainly you make an abominable assertion. The heavens may almost burst, and the Earth cleave asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces, that they ascribe a son to the Beneficent. And it is not worthy of the Beneficent that He should take to Himself a son." 19:88-92

Wilson: Why does Islam deny so emphatically the doctrine of the Trinity?

Chirri: Islam denies Trinity because parenthood of God to any living or non-living being is inconceivable in bodily terms and degrading to the concept of God. He is neither limited nor a body, and He encompasses the whole universe. He does not have a mate in order to have a child as any other living being does.

His spiritual parenthood to any soul or spirit is also inconceivable if it means other than being the Creator of that soul or spirit. There is no conceivable relation between God and any other being other than the relation between the Creator and His creature. Otherwise, the other being will be independent from God, and he will be His partner.

Now, if the ascribed son is united with God, the case will be as if I state that my son and I are one. If such a statement were true, I would be the father of myself, because I am my own son. And my son would be the son of himself, because he is I. Thus, God would be the father of Himself, and His son would be the son of himself.

God is not, and cannot be, the father of any living or non-living being if fatherhood is used for its true meaning. If the word is used in its figurative sense, to mean that God is as compassionate to His living creature as a father, then He will not only be the father of one person but the father of all mankind. And this is what can be understood from the Christian prayer, "Our father, Thou art in Heaven. . . "

But even this figurative usage of the word is repugnant to Islam because it is misleading and confusing to the people. Muslims, therefore, do not use it.

You do not need to disprove the divinity of Jesus or Mohammad or any other human being. But if you claim the divinity of anyone besides God, you need to prove your claim. If someone claims that you are an angel, he has to prove it. I do not need to prove that you are a man because you appear as a man and have all the attributes of a man. The one who claims that you are an angel is supposed to prove what he claims, because his claim is contrary to the common sense and to what appears as the actual fact.

When a person says that Jesus or Mohammad is a man, and not a God, he agrees with the accepted definition. Jesus lived like a man, looked like a man, slept as a man, ate as a man, and was persecuted like one. None of these facts need proof. This is not the case with the one who claims his divinity. His claim is opposed to the common knowledge. Therefore, he, and no one else, has to provide the evidence for his claim.

Although the Muslims are not supposed to provide any evidence for the denial of the divinity of Jesus, they can present more than one evidence:

1. Jesus was a worshipper. Of course, he worshipped God, not himself. This proves that he was not a god but a very humble servant of God.

2. According to three of the gospels, the last words Jesus uttered were: "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" A person who has a God is not a God.

3. God is Ever-Living, but Jesus is mortal; God is the Almighty, but Jesus was persecuted.

Why cannot we view Jesus as a god from his spiritual side and a mortal human from his bodily side?

Having two sides, spirit and body, is not the exclusive property of Jesus, because every human being has these two sides. You have both spirit and body, and so do I. And neither of our spirits is mortal, since our spirits will continue to live after our death. But this does not make either of us a god, and so is the case with Jesus.

But Jesus is not like us. He, according to the Qur'an and the Bible, was born from a virgin mother without a father. Does not this mean that he is more than a human being?

Being born from a mother without a father does not make Jesus more than a human being. Adam was created without father and mother, and that did not make him more than a human. From the Holy Qur'an:

"Certainly the status of Jesus in the eyes of God is like the status of Adam. He created him from dust. He said to him: 'Be,' and so he was." 3:59

Neither Jesus nor Adam is a god because neither of them is the Creator of the universe.

How do we know that he was not the Creator of the universe?

The scientists say that the stars are more than four billion years old, and Jesus was born less than two thousand years ago. How can such an old universe be created by such a young creator?

Answer 1

Trinity concists of 3 things. The bomber, the bomb and the location.

Answer 2

We purely stick to the Bible and doctrines taught. we don't provide place to issues that the Bible grants no authority to. We study diligently or maybe with the indisputable fact that no longer all and sundry who is going there is physically powerful, maximum all and sundry has greater Biblical expertise than the usually happening American 'Christian.' we don't base our ideals on 3 or 4 issues on my own..we purely stick to the Bible. I grew up in a brilliant sort of denominations, and that i went without an excellent sort of solutions, even with the indisputable fact that i assumed fervently. once I got here across this church, even with the indisputable fact that, the Bible replaced into defined so logically. no longer something replaced into unanswered, each and every thing harmonized and now, i will spot a denominational lie certainly. you purely understand once you come across the actuality.

Answer 3

How does this question impact upon the quality of anyone's life in terms of everyday life?

Is religion all that Muslims think about?

Answer 4

This question is not for Muslims, since you already gave the answer, it is for believers in the Trinity. I doubt if they have a logical answer. I don't blame them, they were born to such believes, can't shun them. It is easier for them to say that Islam is wrong than admit their believes are. Thank you for such info (although too long) I found it valuable.

Answer 5

Its a joke, The Jews nor the Muslims believe in a trinity. The word is not in the bible. "Hear O Israel The LORD Our God is ONe LORD"

Answer 6

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one. God

Answer 7

i haven't read everything you wrote because it's long, but true. we believe God is only one without no partner. we believe in the holyspirit but this is Angel Gabriel not God. and Jesus is a human prophet has been sent by God by a miracle for a sign to the children of Israel who were too stubborn to believe.

"The Holy Spirit has brought it down from thy Lord with truth" (Quran 16:102).

"Whoever is the enemy of Gabriel, surely he revealed it to thy heart by Allāh's command" (2:97).

Answer 8

Ali , please try to make the question as short as possible , i feel like inside a muslim mosque here in this page :-0

Answer 9

Masha'Allah

Answer 10

Islam don't want to accept trinity
they thought its three not trinity
hope one day will understand that God is Trinity, like God is love, Merciful, Creator.............God is one