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

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(١٠٩)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?Holy Spirit, they would follow what he said willingly, and preach h<strong>is</strong>message to the gentiles.When the idolatrous C<strong>or</strong>nelius, after h<strong>is</strong> conversion to Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity byPeter, called Peter to know about Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity, the d<strong>is</strong>ciples blamedPeter f<strong>or</strong> doing so. Then Peter said to them, "You yourselvesknow how unlawful it <strong>is</strong> f<strong>or</strong> a Jew to associate with <strong>or</strong> tov<strong>is</strong>it any<strong>one</strong> of another nation, but God has shown me that Ishould not call any person common <strong>or</strong> unclean.” (Acts10/28).We notice here that Peter did not mention that Jesus (PBUH) askedthem to do so, but he said “to us who had been chosen by Godas witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rosefrom the dead. And he commanded us to preach to thepeople.” (Acts 10/41-42), meaning the Jews only.When he returned to Jerusalem, he faced m<strong>or</strong>e blame. “So whenPeter went up to Jerusalem, the circumc<strong>is</strong>ion partycriticized him, saying, "You went to uncircumc<strong>is</strong>ed menand ate with them.” (Acts 11/2-3) Then he told them about h<strong>is</strong>dream, of eating with the gentiles, “But Peter began andexplained it to them in <strong>or</strong>der: "I was in the city of Joppapraying, and in a trance I saw a v<strong>is</strong>ion, something like agreat sheet descending, being let down from heaven by itsfour c<strong>or</strong>ners, and it came down to me. Looking at it closely,I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles andbirds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to me, 'R<strong>is</strong>e,Peter; kill and eat. But I said, 'By no means, L<strong>or</strong>d; f<strong>or</strong>nothing common <strong>or</strong> unclean has ever entered my mouth.But the voice an<strong>sw</strong>ered a second time from heaven, 'WhatGod has made clean, do not call common. Th<strong>is</strong> happened<strong>three</strong> times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.” (Acts11/4-10), and how the Holy Spirit came and asked him to go: “Andthe Spirit told me to go with them, making no d<strong>is</strong>tinction.These six brothers also accompanied me.” (Acts 11/12)After th<strong>is</strong> convincing explanation from Peter, the d<strong>is</strong>ciples agreed tolet him go to preach to the gentiles. “When they heard thesethings they fell silent. And they gl<strong>or</strong>ified God, saying, "Thento the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leadsto life.” (Acts 11/18)

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