ثَلَاثَةُ
Threeأَجْزَاءٍ
partsThree parts
تَتَغَايَرُ
differمِن
fromبَعْضِ
someالْوُجُوهِ،
aspects,differ from some aspects,
وَتَتَحَدُ
and uniteمِن
fromبَعْضٍ
someآخَرَ،
other,and unite from others,
وَكَانُوا
and they wereيُسَمُّونَهَا
calling them"الْأَقَانِيمَ
"the hypostasesالثَّلَاثَةَ"
three"and they were calling them "the three hypostases"
أَحَدُهَا:
one of them:الْأَبُ
the Fatherالَّذِي
whoيَحْتَلُّ
occupiesمَكَانَةَ
the position of"مَبْدَأِ
"the principle ofالْعَالَمِ"،
the world",one of them: the Father who occupies the position of "the principle of the world",
وَالثَّانِي:
and the second:الْإِبْنُ،
the Son,وَهُوَ
and he isبِمَعْنَى
in the meaning of"الصَّادِرِ
"the firstالْأَوَّلِ"
emanator"and the second: the Son, and he is in the sense of "the first emanator"
الَّذِي
whichيَعْنِي
meansالْكُلِّيَّ
the universalالْعَامَّ
generalالشَّامِلَ
comprehensiveلِجَمِيعِ
for allالْمَوْجُودَاتِ،
existences,which means the general universal comprehensive of all existences,
وَالثَّالِثُ:
and the third:أُقْنُومُ
hypostasis ofرُوحِ
Spiritالْقُدُسِ،
Holy,وَهُوَ
and itيَعْنِي
means"الْعُقُولَ
"the abstractالْمُجَرَّدَةَ".
intellects".and the third: the hypostasis of the Holy Spirit, and it means "the abstract intellects".
أُقْنُومُ
Hypostasis of"الْإِبْنِ"
"the Son"تَقَمَّصَ
incarnatedالْمَسِيحَ
the Messiah- عَلَيْهِ
- upon himالسَّلَامُ -:
peace -:Hypostasis of "the Son" incarnated the Messiah - peace be upon him -:
وَكَانُوا
and they wereيَعْتَقِدُونَ
believingأَنَّ
thatأُقْنُومَ
hypostasis ofالْإِبْنِ
the Sonتَقَمَّصَ
incarnatedرُوحَ
spirit ofالْمَسِيحِ
the Messiah- عَلَيْهِ
- upon himالسَّلَامُ -
peace -And they believed that the hypostasis of the Son incarnated the spirit of the Messiah - peace be upon him -
أَيْ
that isأَنَّ
thatالْمَلَكَ
the angelجِبْرِيلَ
Gabrielكَمَا
asكَانَ
he wasيَأْتِي
coming- أَحْيَاناً -
- sometimes -فِي
inصُورَةِ
form ofرَجُلٍ،
man,meaning that the angel Gabriel, just as he used to come - sometimes - in the form of a man,
كَذَلِكَ
likewiseظَهَرَ
appeared"الْإِبْنُ"
"the Son"فِي
inصُورَةِ
form ofعِيسَى،
Jesus,likewise "the Son" appeared in the form of Jesus,
وَلِذَلِكَ
and thereforeفَهُوَ
he is"الْإِلَهُ"
"the God"أَيْضاً،
also,and therefore he is "God" as well,
وَهُوَ
and he is"ابْنُ
"Son ofاللَّهِ"
God"كَذَلِكَ،
likewise,and he is "the Son of God" as well,
وَهُوَ
and he isالْبَشَرُ
the humanأَيْضاًَ،
also,and he is also human,
وَتَجْرِي
and applyبِالنِّسْبَةِ
with respectإِلَيْهِ
to himالْأَحْكَامُ
the rulingsالْبَشَرِيَّةُ
humanوَالْأَحْكَامُ
and rulingsالْإِلَهِيَّةُ
divineعَلَى
onالسَّوَاءِ.
equal.and both human rulings and divine rulings apply to him equally.
دَلِيلُ
Proof ofهَذِهِ
thisالْعَقِيدَةِ
beliefالْبَاطِلَةِ:
false:Proof of this false belief:
وَقَدِ
and indeedاسْتَنَدُوا
they reliedفِي
inاسْتِنْبَاطِ
derivation ofهَذِهِ
thisالْعَقِيدَةِ
beliefالْغَرِيبَةِ
strangeإِلَى
uponبَعْضِ
someالْآيَاتِ
versesفِي
inالْإِنْجِيلِ
the Gospelالَّذِي
whichذُكِرَ
was mentionedفِيهِ
in itلَفْظُ
term"الْإِبْنِ"
"the Son"And in deriving this strange belief, they relied on some verses in the Gospel in which the term "the Son" was mentioned
وَالْآيَاتِ
and the versesالَّتِي
whichنَسَبَ
attributedفِيهَا
in themالْمَسِيحُ
the Messiah- عَلَيْهِ
- upon himالسَّلَامُ -
peace -بَعْضَ
someأَفْعَالِ
actions ofاللَّهِ
God- تَعَالَى -
- Most High -إِلَى
toنَفْسِهِ.
himself.and the verses in which the Messiah - peace be upon him - attributed some of the actions of God - the Most High - to himself.
جَوَابُ
Answer toالْإِشْكَالِ
objectionالْأَوَّلِ:
the first:Answer to the first objection:
وَجَوَابُ
and answer toالْإِشْكَالِ
the objectionالْأَوَّلِ
the first- وَهُوَ
- and it isوُرُودُ
occurrence ofلَفْظِ
term"الْإِبْنِ"
"the Son"And the answer to the first objection - which is the occurrence of the term "the Son"