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[1] (In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful) |
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The meaning |
More explanation |
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[Christians said that God is three: a father, a son and a Holy
Ghost; therefore, this soora was revealed in reply to them:] [2] 1.
Say [O Mohammed to those Christians who believe in the Trinity]: "He is God, One [but not three whom you claim to be
one.]" a [3] 2.
"God is Eternal [and Invariable b.]" [4] 3.
"Who never begot [anyone], nor was He ever begotten." [Then He confirmed that by His saying – be glorified:] [5] 4. "And none [of creatures] is like to Him
[in managing the universe.]" c |
1 a It means those three whom you consider as one: the first
is God – be glorified; while the second is the Christ who is God’s messenger,
and not his son as do you claim. And the Holy Ghost is Gabriel who is one of
the angels and a messenger to the prophets. 2 b Concerning His attributes, and He
never changes. That is because they claim that
God is a spirit, and this spirit came down from heaven and entered the body
of the Christ after the crucifixion, so he arose from the grave and went up
to heaven. Therefore, He consists of the body of the Christ and the spirit of
God. And so they call him: the Holy Ghost. So that by their saying ‘father’
they mean the first One [of the three] that is the Eternal, and by the ‘son’
they mean the Christ before his death, and by the ‘Holy Ghost’ they mean the
final who became consisted of a body and a spirit
according to their claim; and they said: The three are one. Therefore, God objected to them by
His saying that: (God is Eternal [and Invariable]), i.e. He is Unchangeable
concerning His attributes; He does not change, and does not enter into a
human body as do they claim, neither does He give birth so that He may have
any son as do they imagine. 4 c
It means: none of creatures may stand instead of Him in managing the
universe: neither any angel, nor the Christ nor anyone else; because they
only are created beings, and any created being is unable to manage the
affairs of creatures. |
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By
God's help, the interpretation of the soora 112 of the Quran is completed; So
(praise be to God: Lord of the worlds.) |
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