each of the three hypostases would become the deity of one of the three prophets, while the other two hypostases would not be his deity. Such a view is sheer unbelief in their own doctrine and in the judgment of all religious communities. It also inevitably entails that there are three gods, although they themselves assert that God is one. Then, when they say, “Each hypostasis is the one God,” they make all three the God of every prophet; yet if they cite this text as proof for their claim, it necessarily follows that the God of each prophet is not the God of the other prophet, even while the gods remain three.

Second angle: One may say that God is the Lord of all worlds, the Lord of the heavens, the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the Throne, and the Lord of everything. Does that oblige us to conclude that the Lord of the heavens is not the Lord of the earth and of all things? In the same way we speak of “the God of Moses” and “the God of Muhammad,” while also saying “the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Would that make the gods five? Jacob said to his sons, “What will you worship after I am gone?” They replied, “We will worship your God and the God of your forefathers—Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac.”