CHAPTER 4: REFUTING THE CHRISTIANS’ CLAIM REGARDING THE TRINITY
Refuting the Christians’ Claim Regarding the Trinity through Reason, Law, and Fundamentals of Religion
Section One: The Claim of the Christians
A narrator said about the Christians: They (Muslims) deny our saying regarding the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, as well as saying that they are three hypostases. They also disapprove of our saying that Christ is a God, Lord, and Creator, and ask for an explanation that clarifies the perception of the personification of the Word of God, who is the Creator in the form of a human being.
They (Christians) answered saying:
If they (Muslims) knew that we only meant by such sayings that God is a living speaking being, they would not have denied them. When we see how things occur, we know that another being caused them to occur, for it is impossible that they happen by themselves, as they are contradictory and in a constant state of flux. We said: He is a Being that is incomparable to any other created thing, for He is the Creator of all things. We say this to negate His nonexistence. We see that the created things are divided into two groups: living beings and non-living beings, and so we described Him with the more exalted of the two. Thus, we said He is a Living being so as to deny His death. We see that created things are divided into two groups: speaking living beings and non-speaking living beings and so we described Him with the better of the two. Thus, we say that He is a Speaking Living being to deny His ignorance. The three names, which are: One God, One Name, One Lord, One Creator and A Living Speaking Being, who is the entity, speech and life. The entity is the father that is the beginning of both. Speaking is the son that is born to the father, for speaking is a part of the mind. As for life, it is the Holy Spirit.
We did not give such names of our free well, yet it is God Who gives it to His Divine Entity.
Christ told his pure disciples in the Bible, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” (Matt, 28:19-20)
By: Sheikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah
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