Islamic Monotheism and the Trinity

Year 2019, , 117 - 143, 06.08.2019

Jon Hoover Translator: Zeynep Yücedoğru

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3360748

Abstract

Christians and Muslims both believe that there is only one God, but they
differ over how this God is one, with Muslims rejecting the Christian doctrine
of the Trinity. This study first surveys Islamic arguments against the Trinity
from the Qur’ān, historical corruption of doctrine, and reason. It then widens
the scope of the discussion in order to find bridges between the Islamic and
Christian doctrines of God. After explaining that the rationale behind the
doctrine of the Trinity is that God saves in Christ, the study draws parallels
between, on the one hand, the Islamic doctrines of the simplicity of God’s
essence, the unity of God attributes, the uniqueness of God acts, and God’s
exclusive worthiness of worship and, on the other hand, the Christian
theological categories of the immanent Trinity and the economic Trinity, the doctrine
of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and Christian devotion to Christ.

Keywords

History of Religions, Tawḥīd, Trinity, Christianity, Monotheism

İslâmî Monoteizm ve Teslîs

Abstract

Hem Hıristiyanlar hem de Müslümanlar sadece bir Tanrı olduğuna inanmakta,
fakat Müslümanların Hıristiyan teslis doktrinini reddetmesiyle Tanrı’nın
birliğinin mahiyeti hakkında ayrışmaktadırlar. Bu çalışma ilk olarak teslîse
karşı Kur’ân’dan, tarihsel tahrif doktrininden ve akıldan üretilen argümanları
araştırmaktadır. Sonrasında, bu inceleme, İslâm ve Hıristiyan Tanrı doktrini
arasında bir köprü kurmak amacıyla çalışmanın çerçevesini genişletmektedir.
Teslîs doktrinin arkasındaki Tanrı’nın Îsâ Mesîh aracılığıyla insanlığı nasıl
kurtardığına dair rasyonel bir izah sunduktan sonra bu çalışma, bir yandan
Tanrı’nın zâtının yalınlığı, sıfatlarının birliği, fiillerinin eşsizliği ve
sadece Tanrı’nın ibadet edilmeye layık oluşu hakkındaki İslâmî doktrinler ile
içkin ve ekonomik teslîsin Hıristiyan teolojik kategorileri, Baba, oğul ve
Kutsal Ruh olarak Tanrı doktrini ve Hıristiyanların Îsâ Mesîh’e adanmışlığı
arasında paralel hususlara dikkat çekmektedir.

Keywords

Dinler Tarihi, Tevhîd, Teslîs, Hristiyanlık, Monoteizm

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