(٣١)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?and that makes him equal to all prophets. John the Bapt<strong>is</strong>t (PBUH) <strong>is</strong><strong>one</strong> of them. Jesus (PBUH) asked the Jews, saying, “The bapt<strong>is</strong>mof John, whence was it? From heaven, <strong>or</strong> of men? And theyreas<strong>one</strong>d with themselves, saying, If we shall say, Fromheaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believehim? But if we shall say, of men; we fear the people.” (Matt.21:25-26)I need to mention also that there are many true heavenlydescendants in the Bible, but Chr<strong>is</strong>tians do not consider them gods.The angel of Allah (S.W) was descended from heaven. “And,behold, there was a great earthquake: f<strong>or</strong> the angel of theL<strong>or</strong>d descended from heaven.” (Matt. 28:2)The d<strong>is</strong>ciples were also descendants from above <strong>or</strong> from Allah(S.W), as menti<strong>one</strong>d in the Gospels, which means they believe in h<strong>is</strong>name. “But as many as received him, to them gave he powerto become the sons of God, even to them that believe on h<strong>is</strong>name.” (John 1:12). Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> a spiritual birth, which gives the heart ofthe sinner a great, complete and continuous change, as he <strong>or</strong> she <strong>is</strong>b<strong>or</strong>n again, and th<strong>is</strong> happens when he <strong>or</strong> she believes and repents.The believers in Jesus (PBUH) are b<strong>or</strong>n from above by the faith thatAllah (S.W) has given them. They are alike with other believers, asJesus (PBUH) said, “Truly, truly I tell you, unless a person <strong>is</strong>b<strong>or</strong>n from above he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John3:3), “Whosoever believeth that Jesus <strong>is</strong> the Chr<strong>is</strong>t, <strong>is</strong> b<strong>or</strong>nof God.” (John1 5:1), and “that every <strong>one</strong> that doethrighteousness <strong>is</strong> b<strong>or</strong>n of him.” (John1 2:29)Jesus’ (PBUH) saying, “I am not of th<strong>is</strong> w<strong>or</strong>ld”, <strong>is</strong> not a proof ofh<strong>is</strong> divinity in any way, f<strong>or</strong> he meant that he <strong>is</strong> different from otherhumans by refusing th<strong>is</strong> secular w<strong>or</strong>ld, f<strong>or</strong> which other people arelonging.He (PBUH) said the same about h<strong>is</strong> d<strong>is</strong>ciples when he felt that theywanted the eternal life, leaving th<strong>is</strong> secular w<strong>or</strong>ld. “If ye were ofthe w<strong>or</strong>ld, the w<strong>or</strong>ld would love h<strong>is</strong> own: but because ye arenot of the w<strong>or</strong>ld, but I have chosen you out of the w<strong>or</strong>ld,theref<strong>or</strong>e the w<strong>or</strong>ld hates you.” (John 15:19)
(٣٢)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?In another passage, he said, “I have given them thy w<strong>or</strong>d; andthe w<strong>or</strong>ld hath hated them, because they are not of thew<strong>or</strong>ld, even as I am not of the w<strong>or</strong>ld.” (John 17:14),He (PBUH) said about h<strong>is</strong> d<strong>is</strong>ciples what he said of himself, theywere not of th<strong>is</strong> w<strong>or</strong>ld. If those w<strong>or</strong>ds could make him God, it shouldalso make all the d<strong>is</strong>ciples gods as well, but h<strong>is</strong> expression wasmetaph<strong>or</strong>ic as if we say, “th<strong>is</strong> person <strong>is</strong> not from th<strong>is</strong> w<strong>or</strong>ld” and wemean, that he <strong>or</strong> she do not desire th<strong>is</strong> material<strong>is</strong>tic w<strong>or</strong>ld, butseeking Allah’s (S.W) love and the eternal life in the hereafter.