THE TRINITY OF GOD.

Before he (Hamran Ambrie) accepted conversion to Jesus Christ, the trinity of God was another obstacle for him. It had also become an obstacle to many. This obstacle is due to the misunderstanding of the Christian faith.

He found that the truth in the meaning of "The Trinity of God" does not at all violate the Doctrine of the Oneness of God (Tauhid).

Sura al-Maida 73 says:

"Truly these are the unbelievers who say that God is the third of the three."

Sura al-Nisa 171c also says:

"Do not say that God is three."

These Quranic verses are often expressed by our Muslim bothers, including himself before his conversion, as a fixed formula to reject the Christian understanding of the Trinity of God. Actually, these Quranic verses reject only the belief in three different Gods and not the oneness of the Holy Trinity in Christian belief.

We Christian can appreciate these Quranic verses because Christianity rejects every form of Polytheism, including Tritheism, which is an unbiblical belief in three separate Gods. Moreover, Christianity also rejects Atheism and Pantheism.

The Bible has sealed the basic belief in God as follws: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one!" (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) Jesus confessed this creed publicly! (Mark 12:29-30).

In Isaiah 45:5 it is written: "I am the Lord and there is no other."

In John 17:3 it is written: "This is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."

There is not even the slightest proof that the Christian belief in the Trinity of God, contradicts the Oneness of the only True God. It does not even mean that there are three united gods, as some people interpret it.

The Trinity of God can be explained as follows:

1). GOD the creator, called "The Father"is the Creator of the universe, similar to the word A-Qadir with the meaning of "the Mighty"in Islam.

2). His WORD, also called his "Son" became flesh in the birth of Jesus. He is the LIVING Word, to reveal God's law and will, to state God's promises to men, and to talk in the language of human beings. (His being the WORD is similar to the adjective "Murid - Willing" in Muslim Doctrine.)

3). THE SPIRIT OF GOD, or "The Holy Ghost", who gives help and guidance - the True Spirit - to believers who devote themselves to him. (This SPIRIT of God is equivalent to the adjective "Muhyi - lifegiver"in Islam.)

The three appearances of God (The Father, the Son/Word and the Holy Ghost) are portrayed and described as three Persons (equal the the word "Sifat" in Islam) but they are in one essence of God's existence. Each one is inseparable from the others, each has the same might, immortality, and neither one existed before or after the other. Father, Son/Word and Holy Ghost, all can be expressed by one word: God.

It is obvious that the Oneness of the Trinity of God in Christianity does not violate the Doctrine of Tauhid, and it does not mean a unity of several Allahs or gods.

The Quran does not object to or reject ths meaning of the Christian Trinity of God. What is rejected by the Quran appears in Sura al-Maida 73 or Sura al-Nisa 171, which is a belief in three different gods or Tritheism. The Christian religion itself rejects Tritheism or the belief in three gods completely.

For that reason he (Hamran Ambrie) think that there is not a single verse in the Quran which really conflicts with the Christian Trinity of God.