It is because of their misunderstanding of the difference between nature and personality that Muslims do not understand the essence of the idea of the Trinity.
The Qur'an is the Word of God incarnate, not in the form of a human being, but as a Book of eternal truth. In other words, the Christian understanding of Jesus and the Islamic understanding of the Qur'an are essentially identical.
Thus, Muslims themselves, without realizing it, confess a Trinity, if we follow their logic in accusing Christians: God the Father is Allah, God the Son is the Qur'an, and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Gabriel, who brought the revelation from God to the Prophet Muhammad.
It is very important to pay attention to all these parallels today in order to emphasize that Christians and Muslims, as well as Jews, have much more in common than they have differences. They belong to a single monotheistic tradition.
Also, many Muslims, if not most, honor Muhammad as highly and even more than Christians honor Jesus, despite the rebuke to Christians for worshiping Jesus as well as God. Yes, Muslims do not worship Muhammad, but they honor him as highly and majestically as most Christians do not honor Jesus. But true Christians also worship only one God, as the Bible commands.
You can say whatever you want, but you have to look at actions and meanings, not at literal words.
The Qur'an says, "Do not say, 'Trinity. Stop! — for your own good." "Allah is only one God." True believing Christians agree with this and do not say that Allah is the third of the Trinity. The Bible also says: "There are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one." Are these associates or other gods? No, they are the One Lord God. That's why Christians do not ascribe associates to God (and the Qur'an forbids this). They do not say "Third in the Trinity."
So where is the incompatibility in all this? What stumbling blocks might there be?
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More than once in the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the Judge.
It's written, "No one has seen God at any time" (of those who live on earth). But some, chosen ones, were honored to communicate with Him. For example, some spoke to the Almighty through angels. Jacob wrestled with an angel, not with God. The Bible is specific about this because there are phrases describing this event that can be interpreted to mean directly with God. Moses, for example, spoke directly to the Lord, but he did not see His face. Finally, it is said that "God is Spirit.
The Torah in the Bible says that God appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with the name "God Almighty," not with the name "the Lord". This means that God communicated with them from the highest and most almighty position without revealing Himself to them. This shows that the communication with God was not as we understand it literally.
All Abrahamic religions have an absolutely identical understanding of God Himself. They all agree that there is one Supreme God, Whose name in the Qur'an is Allah, and in the Bible — the Being, the Beginningless, the Creator — God has many names.
"Obey Allah and obey the Messenger," says the Qur'an. There is no contradiction with the Bible. Christians do not worship Jesus but obey Him and believe in His sacrifice for the sins of mankind.
It can also be said that Jesus is mentioned very often in the Qur'an. The Gospel is written about Jesus. The Gospel itself, and the Torah are confessed in the Qur'an. There are also prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament. So there is no doubt about Jesus, the fact that He was, the fact that He had the Holy Spirit, and the fact that He performed miracles.
There are also many prophecies in the Bible about a great prophet. Geographical locations and many facts about him, including his lineage, are strongly associated with Muhammad. If we take the non-canonical scriptures of the Bible, there is a direct prophecy about Muhammad.
In confirmation of the above, I quote some sayings from the Holy Qur'an that fully correspond to the meanings in the Bible.
The Qur'an: "There is no god except Allah."
The Bible: "I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me."
Jesus says in the Qur'an: "Whoever obeys the Messenger has truly obeyed Allah"; "So fear Allah and obey me"; "Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him [alone]. This is the Straight Path.
The Bible: "You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve"; "This is My beloved Son (Jesus), in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"
The main thing is that these sayings have absolutely the same views on the most important — the worship of one God.