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is allah (sw) one or three? - Islam Center

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(١٠٠)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?children, how much m<strong>or</strong>e will the heavenly Father give theHoly Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11/13). It does notmake sense that Allah (S.W), as the third divine being, <strong>is</strong> a gift that <strong>is</strong>given to and owned by people.M<strong>or</strong>eover, if the Holy Spirit <strong>is</strong> God, we should consider the peoplewho he descended on, as God. He descended on many people, likeDavid, “And I will dwell among the children of Israel and willnot f<strong>or</strong>sake my people Israel.” (Kings (1) 6/13); Simon, “Nowthere was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon,and th<strong>is</strong> man was righteous and devout, waiting f<strong>or</strong> theconsolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was uponhim.”(Luke 2/25); the d<strong>is</strong>ciples, “But you will receive powerwhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will bemy witnesses.” (Acts 1/8). Finally, he descended on the people ofC<strong>or</strong>inth, who believed in Paul. Paul said, “Do you not know thatyour body <strong>is</strong> a temple of the Holy Spirit within you?”(C<strong>or</strong>inthians (1) 6/19). All these are w<strong>or</strong>th w<strong>or</strong>shipping if God – theHoly Spirit - <strong>is</strong> in them and fills them.Not only does the Holy Bible consider those who believe in the HolySpirit as believers, but it also considers the same f<strong>or</strong> people who donot hear of the Holy Spirit. In addition, it considers them as d<strong>is</strong>cipleseven though they do not know th<strong>is</strong> claimed God. “And it happenedthat while Apollos was at C<strong>or</strong>inth, Paul passed through theinland country and came to Ephesus. There he found somed<strong>is</strong>ciples. And he said to them, "Did you receive the HolySpirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, we have noteven heard that there <strong>is</strong> a Holy Spirit.” (Acts 19/1-2) Th<strong>is</strong>,without doubt, d<strong>is</strong>proves the divinity of the Holy Spirit.What Chr<strong>is</strong>tians refer to, regarding the divinity of the Holy Spirit in“God <strong>is</strong> spirit” (John 4/24), <strong>is</strong> wrong. The passage does not tellabout the nature of Allah (S.W), but about <strong>one</strong> of H<strong>is</strong> character<strong>is</strong>tics,as in “God <strong>is</strong> love” (John (1) 4/16), “God <strong>is</strong> light” (John (1) 1/5)John meant that no <strong>one</strong> could see God almighty, because He <strong>is</strong> not amaterial body of flesh and blood, and Luke affirmed th<strong>is</strong> as he said,“F<strong>or</strong> a spirit does not have flesh and b<strong>one</strong>s.” (Luke 24/39)

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