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

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(١٠٥)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw theSpirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest onhim. And behold, a voice from heaven said, "Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> mybeloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3/16-17)Th<strong>is</strong> passage contains the Father, the beloved Son, and the Spiritthat descended in the shape of a dove. In another passage Paulsaid, “The grace of the L<strong>or</strong>d Jesus Chr<strong>is</strong>t and the love of Godand the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”(C<strong>or</strong>inthians (2) 13/14).Whoever reads Matthew’s passage attentively, will find <strong>three</strong> selves,different in names and acts. Each of them has a different self-being;<strong>one</strong> came out from the water after bapt<strong>is</strong>m, the second descendedas a dove, and the third <strong>is</strong> in the sky saying, (th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> my beloved son).How can <strong>one</strong> say, after all th<strong>is</strong>, that they are only <strong>one</strong> being?M<strong>or</strong>eover, Chr<strong>is</strong>tians believe that Jesus <strong>is</strong> the Son. Here thepassage indicates that the spirit <strong>is</strong> incarnated in Jesus (PBUH), andassures that in many places, (Luke 3/22, Matthew 12/18) while otherpassages indicate that the Father <strong>is</strong> incarnated in him. (John 17/21,14/9-10). Then which divine hypostas<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> incarnated in Jesus(PBUH)?The Holy Bible does not mention the <strong>three</strong> hypostas<strong>is</strong> of the Trinitytogether, except in two passages: the passage of the <strong>three</strong> witnessesin John’s First Ep<strong>is</strong>tle, and the end of Matthew’s Gospel.A. The Passage of the Three WitnessesThe following <strong>is</strong> the m<strong>or</strong>e imp<strong>or</strong>tant of the two passages, of which Ihave spoken. John’s First Ep<strong>is</strong>tle says: “F<strong>or</strong> there are <strong>three</strong> thattestify: The Spirit, the water, and the blood-and these <strong>three</strong>are <strong>one</strong>.” (John (1) 5/7-8 International standard version).Th<strong>is</strong> passage clearly shows that the <strong>three</strong> are only <strong>one</strong> God.However, it does not ex<strong>is</strong>t in all the old manuscripts of the Holy Bible,n<strong>or</strong> does it ex<strong>is</strong>t in the first printed book. It was added later.Chr<strong>is</strong>tian scholars admit adding it. Among them, Heron, thecollect<strong>or</strong>s of Henry Weskit Commentary, Adam Clark, and Fender. In

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