The Christian Concept of Trinity in Arabia
Question asked by Farrah Khalil.
Posted on: Monday, December 20, 2004 - Hits: 3986
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Question:
In verse 5:116 of the Qur'an, it seems as if Muhammad thought that Christians were saying Mary was a god also. Did Muslims back then think the idea of the Trinity was Mary, Jesus, and God? Weren't they mistaken?
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Answer:
Muslims did not just think, rather, they could hear, see and understand what the Christians of their land, believed and professed:
"The first event was theological. In an era when a multitude of heresies flourished throughout Christendom, one particular theology spreading though Arabia proclaimed a divine triad rather than a Trinity. The deity, according to this teaching, was God the Father, God the Mother, and God the son. Mohammed relates to this teaching in the Quran: “God shall say, O Jesus, son of Mary, hast thou said unto mankind, take me and my mother as two Gods, besides God?” (Surah 5:116). Therefore, when Mohammed appeared teaching the oneness of God, many Christians embraced Islam, initially unaware that it was a new and different religion. Likewise in the west, much of European Christianity at first perceived Islam as simply another Christian, or conceivably Jewish, heresy."
(Source: http://www.jerusalemites.org/jerusalem/christianity/2.htm)
I have only quoted the above source to make it clear that the Christians of Arabia had a different set of beliefs.
Regards,
Tariq Mahmood Hashmi
Research Assistant, Studying Islam
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