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The Holy Trinity in the Quran

Author(s): Robert Maszkowski
Subject(s): Islam studies, History of Religion
Published by: Verbinum
Keywords: dogma; doctrine of faith; Quran; Muhammed; polytheism; the Trinity

Summary/Abstract: Muhammad objected to the two central tenets of Christianity: belief in the Holy Trinity and in Jesus as the Son of God. He could not accept the idea of God having an associate, referring to himself as His son. He regarded it as a blasphemy that could not be made compatible with monotheism. The objectives of the Quran was to prove that the Christian faith was based on no good reasons, emphasise monotheism and cleanse it of foreign theological surplus. In this way Muhammad wanted to defend Jesus from the charge of blasphemy. In his polemics with Christians he was concerned with the qualitative aspect of their monotheism, and focused on the ‘theism’ in their monotheism. Quran presumes three gods [in Christianity]: Allah (God), Mary (goddess) and Jesus (god’s son), found in the polytheistic Arabia, made in the image of the human family.

  • Issue Year: 141/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 161-174
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish