(٥٥)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?5- THE ATTRIBUTION OF ALLAH’S (S.W)DEEDS TO JESUS (PBUH)A. The Attribution of Creation to God Almighty byJesusSome passages attribute the creation to Allah (S.W) by Jesus(PBUH); Chr<strong>is</strong>tians take it as evidence of h<strong>is</strong> divinity. Among thesepassages, Paul’s w<strong>or</strong>ds, “F<strong>or</strong> by Him all things were created,in heaven and on earth, v<strong>is</strong>ible and inv<strong>is</strong>ible, whetherthr<strong>one</strong>s <strong>or</strong> dominions <strong>or</strong> rulers <strong>or</strong> auth<strong>or</strong>ities--all thing<strong>sw</strong>ere created through Him and f<strong>or</strong> Him.” (Col. 1:16 - 17)In another passage, he said, “God, who created all things byJesus Chr<strong>is</strong>t.” (Eph. 3:9 KJV)The same <strong>is</strong> menti<strong>one</strong>d in John’s Gospel, “He was in the w<strong>or</strong>ld,and the w<strong>or</strong>ld was made through him, yet the w<strong>or</strong>ld did notknow him. (John 1:10), and the same <strong>is</strong> in the Ep<strong>is</strong>tle to theHebrews, (Heb. 1:2) and other passages.First, we notice that the Holy Bible passages attribute the creationonly to Allah (S.W). The Book of Genes<strong>is</strong> says, “In the beginning,God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen. 1/1). It did notmention another creat<strong>or</strong>, who shared with Allah (S.W) th<strong>is</strong> creation <strong>or</strong>was a means by which the creation happened. In the Book of Isaiah,we read, “Thus says God, the LORD, who created theheavens” (Isaiah 42:5). In addition, Paul and Barnabas said to thepeople of Lystra, “we bring you good news that you shouldturn from these vain things to a living God, who made theheaven and the earth and the sea and all that <strong>is</strong> in them.”(Acts 14:15). The Holy Bible never mentions a creat<strong>or</strong> but Allah(S.W).Paul and John’s w<strong>or</strong>ds are talking about Allah (S.W), who createdthings by Jesus (PBUH) as He made him perf<strong>or</strong>m h<strong>is</strong> miracles(Acts2/22). It did not mention that Jesus (PBUH) <strong>is</strong> the creat<strong>or</strong>.The meaning of all these passages, if we consider them genuine, <strong>is</strong>that Allah (S.W) has created the creatures and things by Jesus(PBUH). Talking about Trinity hypostas<strong>is</strong> and its different acts, Priest
(٥٦)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?James An<strong>is</strong> said, “An example of the d<strong>is</strong>tinction of their acts <strong>is</strong>, thatthe Father created the w<strong>or</strong>ld by the Son”. 1Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> a strange meaning, which neither the Old Testament’sprophets n<strong>or</strong> Jesus (PBUH) did ever mention. However, Paul’sEp<strong>is</strong>tles and John’s philosophical Gospel, which derived from thePlatonic and the Gnostic philosophies, mention it. The Gnosticsbelieve that God <strong>is</strong> much hon<strong>or</strong>ed to create by himself; theref<strong>or</strong>e, Heauth<strong>or</strong>ized the W<strong>or</strong>d <strong>or</strong> the angels to act on behalf of Him.Furtherm<strong>or</strong>e, Jesus (PBUH) cannot be the creat<strong>or</strong> of heavens andearth; f<strong>or</strong> he himself <strong>is</strong> a creature. Even though Chr<strong>is</strong>tians claim thathe <strong>is</strong> the first creature, he <strong>is</strong> still a creature, and the creature <strong>is</strong>different from the Creat<strong>or</strong>. “He <strong>is</strong> the image of the inv<strong>is</strong>ible God,the firstb<strong>or</strong>n of all creation (Col. 1/15).M<strong>or</strong>eover, he who could not bring himself back to life after he diedcannot be the creat<strong>or</strong> of heavens and earth <strong>or</strong> even to be the meansof that creation: “Th<strong>is</strong> Jesus God ra<strong>is</strong>ed up.” (Acts 2/32). If Allah(S.W) did not ra<strong>is</strong>e him, he would not be able to r<strong>is</strong>e from the dead.“And you killed the Auth<strong>or</strong> of life, whom God ra<strong>is</strong>ed fromthe dead.” (Acts 3/15), and Paul’s w<strong>or</strong>ds, “God the Father, wh<strong>or</strong>a<strong>is</strong>ed him from the dead.” (Galatians 1/1).Scholars believe that the w<strong>or</strong>d creation in these passages means thecreation of guidance and leading, and not the real creation fromnothing, f<strong>or</strong> that <strong>is</strong> only Allah’s (S.W) w<strong>or</strong>k. The creating, which Jesus(PBUH) perf<strong>or</strong>med, <strong>is</strong> the new kind of creating, the guidancecreating, which David (PBUH) spoke of when he was praying to Allah(S.W), saying, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renewa right spirit within me.” (Psalms 51:10).Paul said the same about those who believe in Jesus (PBUH).“Theref<strong>or</strong>e, if any<strong>one</strong> <strong>is</strong> in Chr<strong>is</strong>t, he <strong>is</strong> a new creation.”(C<strong>or</strong>.2, 5/17)He also said, “F<strong>or</strong> neither circumc<strong>is</strong>ion counts f<strong>or</strong> anything,n<strong>or</strong> uncircumc<strong>is</strong>ion, but a new creation,” (Galatians 6/15)On that bas<strong>is</strong>, James considered the d<strong>is</strong>ciples as the first creations,he said, “Of h<strong>is</strong> own will he brought us f<strong>or</strong>th by the w<strong>or</strong>d oftruth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of h<strong>is</strong>creatures.” (James 1/18), meaning the first guided, who underwent1 - Methodical Theology, Dr. James Anas, pp 178