Islam Rediscovered
3. The Concept of God
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So far as the concept of three gods, or the trinity, is
concerned, it is highly illogical in every respect. It is
not proved by any revealed source. Even today it is
merely a creed of the Christian Church. In neither
the Old Testament, or the New Testament, held
sacred by Christians, is there any clear mention of
the concept of the trinity. In their own sacred
scriptures the trinity is an alien creed.
So far as reason then is concerned, the concept of
the trinity is not rationally understandable. In terms
of the trinity, God is at the same time three in one
and one in three. This is an inconceivable
mathematical riddle, which none of the greatest of
mathematicians can solve. That is why when a
Christian professor of an Indian university was
once asked by a student to explain the trinity, he
had this to say:
If you ask me I do not know, if you do not ask
me I know.
The truth is that the concept of the trinity is wholly
unproved so far religious scriptures are concerned.
It is likewise entirely baseless judging by the criteria
of knowledge and reason. Keeping this reality in
