Why did Christians conceive of a triune God in the first place? Why did they decide to wrestle with the interminable complexities of Trinity when they could have opted for a simple, unproblematic deity? For Iqbal, the answer seems to be obvious, as already quoted. The doctrine is another way of stating that the Absolute Unity must…
Yet another aspect of Christian doctrine that Muslims find scandalous concerns the belief in Jesus Christ as the “Son of God.” The Qur’an seems to be particularly appalled at the very possibility of such a blasphemous notion. The Qur’an acknowledges Jesus as a messenger of God, and as Christ, while emphatically denying the claim that…
Perhaps no aspect of the Christian doctrine of Trinity causes more scandal for Muslims than the part about the divinity of Jesus Christ. In Surah Al-Ma’ida 5:17, the Qur’an seems to denounce this belief in categorical terms: Here is Abdel Haleem’s translation of this verse: Those who say, “God is the Messiah, the son of Mary,” are…