Section: Refuting Their Claim that the Trinity Does Not Require Worshipping Three Deities and that They Deserve No Reproach for It on Account of Earlier Prophetic Testimonies
They say:
“We are well aware that, when we make this confession, we are not required to worship three gods but one God—just as speaking of the human being, his speech, and his spirit does not entail three human beings, but one human being; nor does speaking of the flame, light, and heat of fire entail three fires, or speaking of the solar disc, the light of the sun, and its rays entail three suns. If this, then, is our view concerning Allah—exalted are His names, magnificent His favors—there can be no blame or sin upon us, for we have neither neglected what has been handed down to us nor rejected what we have inherited so as to follow something else,
(especially since we possess these clear testimonies and manifest proofs from the Book that this man brought).”
The reply may be given from several angles:
First: You have explicitly affirmed a plurality of gods and lords in the very creed of your faith, in the arguments you present, and in other parts of your discourse; this is not something