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That is, “God,” in the nominative form the name! It is
also to be observed that the clause “In the beginning was
the word” expressly indicates the origin of the word which
was not before the beginning! By the “word of God” is
not meant a separate and distinct substance, coeval and
co-existent with the Almighty, but an expression and
proclamation of His knowledge and will when He uttered
the word Kun, namely, “Be.” When God said Kun, for
the first time, the worlds became; when He said Kun, the
Quran was created and written on the “Lowh” or “Table”;
and when He pronounced the word “Be” Jesus (pbuh) was
created in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and so on
-whenever He wills to create, His order “Be” is sufficient.

The Christian auspicatory formula: “In the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” does
not even mention the name of God! This is the Christian
God! The Nestorian and Jacobite formula, which consists
of ten syllables exactly like the Muslim “Bismillahi,” is
thus to be transliterated: Bshim Abha wo-Bhra ou-Ruha
d-Qudsha, which has the same meaning as that contained
in all other Christian formulas, The Quránic formula, on
the other hand, which expresses the foundation of the
Islamic truth is a great contrast to the Trintarians’ formula:
Bismilláhi ’r-Rahmáni ’r-Rahím; that is: “In the name of
the Most Merciful and Compassionate Allah”.

The Christian Trinity -inasmuch as it admits a plurality
of persons in the Deity, [1] attributes distinct personal
properties to each person; and makes use of family names
similar or those in the pagan mythology- cannot be accepted
as a true conception of the Deity . Allah is neither the father
of a son nor the son of a father. He has no mother, nor is He
self-made. The belief in “Godthe Father and God the Son

[1] . Quran, 9: 30. The Jews call ‹Uzair a son of Allah and the Christians call Christ
the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what
the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah’s curse be on them: how they are deluded
away from the Truth! (The author).