is allah (sw) one or three? - Islam Center
is allah (sw) one or three? - Islam Center
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(١١٨)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?The Church had rejected many other ep<strong>is</strong>tles that conflict with Paul’sChr<strong>is</strong>tianity, which suppressed Jesus’ and h<strong>is</strong> d<strong>is</strong>ciples’ Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity.The influence of Paul in Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity <strong>is</strong> undeniable. That madeMichael Hart, in h<strong>is</strong> celebrated w<strong>or</strong>k, “the 100, a ranking of the MostInfluential Persons in H<strong>is</strong>t<strong>or</strong>y”; place Paul among the most imp<strong>or</strong>tantinfluential people in h<strong>is</strong>t<strong>or</strong>y. He placed Jesus (PBUH) third, and Paulsixth.Regarding the reason f<strong>or</strong> placing Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) at thefollowers are the maj<strong>or</strong>ity on earth, Michael Hart said, “Chr<strong>is</strong>tianitywas not establ<strong>is</strong>hed by <strong>one</strong> person but by two: Jesus and Paul.Theref<strong>or</strong>e, the hon<strong>or</strong> of establ<strong>is</strong>hing it must be divided between bothof them. Jesus had establ<strong>is</strong>hed the m<strong>or</strong>al principles of Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity, itsspiritual views, and everything about human behavi<strong>or</strong>; and Paul wasthe <strong>one</strong> who developed its Theology.”He added, “Jesus did not preach any of Paul’s sayings, and Paul <strong>is</strong>considered responsible f<strong>or</strong> Jesus’ Divinity”. Hart also brought to ourattention that Paul did not use the term ‘Son of Man’, which Jesus(PBUH) used to call himself.In h<strong>is</strong> book ‘The Expanded Universe’, Sir Arthur Findlay said, “Paulwas the <strong>one</strong> who establ<strong>is</strong>hed the religion called Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity.”Paul and Jesus’ DivinityIf the Gospels – excluding the Book of John – have nothing to proveJesus’ (PBUH) divinity, Paul’s Ep<strong>is</strong>tles are full of passages thatexaggerate Jesus (PBUH) and passages considering him as a rareand unique person. Then, what did Paul say about Jesus (PBUH),did he consider him as a prophet, God incarnate <strong>or</strong>…?Reading Paul’s Ep<strong>is</strong>tles carefully, we find contradict<strong>or</strong>y an<strong>sw</strong>ers from<strong>one</strong> Ep<strong>is</strong>tle to another, f<strong>or</strong> some passages declare h<strong>is</strong> humanity(PBUH), and others declare h<strong>is</strong> divinity. Does th<strong>is</strong> contradiction comefrom Paul’s fickle changes acc<strong>or</strong>ding to h<strong>is</strong> l<strong>is</strong>teners, was it becauseof h<strong>is</strong> thought development about Jesus (PBUH), <strong>or</strong> was it becauseof these Ep<strong>is</strong>tles’ alterations and fabrications? All these are justpossibilities, without certainty.Among these passages, which talk about Jesus (PBUH) as a servantof Allah (S.W) but different from other people because he was lovedand chosen by Allah (S.W), Paul said, “F<strong>or</strong> there <strong>is</strong> <strong>one</strong> God, and
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