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

(٣٦)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?blasphemy, while all those who received God’s words are consideredin the Torah as gods.” 1Therefore, with this verse from Psalms, Jesus (PBUH) corrected theJews’ and the Christians’ misunderstanding about his unity with Allah(S.W).This way of expression about the similarity of will and objective, iscommon in the Christians’ sacred writings, especially in the Gospelaccording to John. Quoting Jesus, about the disciples, John said,‘That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and Iin thee, that they ( the disciples) also may be one in us thatthey may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou inme’ (John 17:20-23). This dwelling and incarnation are metaphoric;otherwise, we should consider the disciples as gods.The passage uses the word “as”, which denotes similarity betweenthe two parties, and the meaning is, (as Jesus and the father areone, also the disciples, Jesus and the father are one), meaning,similar in objective, and not self-similarity, for no Christian speaks ofa real self unity of Jesus and his disciples.In another passage, Jesus (PBUH) mentioned the same meaning.He said about the disciples, ‘Holy Father, keep through yourown name those whom thou hast given me, that they maybe one, as we are. (John 17:11). That means as our unity is anobjective unity; therefore, their unity should be like ours as well.Similarly, a verse comes in another chapter. ‘At that day ye shallknow that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.(John 14:20).Paul said the same, ‘For ye are the temple of the living God; asGod hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and Iwill be their God, and they shall be my people.’ (Co. (2) 6:16).Again, Paul said, ‘I have planted, Apollos watered… Now hethat plants and he that waters are one… For we are laborerstogether with God’ (Co.1 3:6-9). Paul’s unity with Apollo, is alsothe shared objective unity.1 -The Gospel according to John, Priest Matta Almeskeen, Vol. 1, pp 643-644