but God Most High is willing, of His infinite mercy, to remove this thick
veil from the spiritual eyes of every one who prays for guidance in sincerity
and simplicity of heart.
But in order that the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ may become still more
evident, in the second chapter of this book we propose, with God's gracious
assistance, to consider with all reverence the doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity
(الثالوث) in the Divine Unity.
CHAPTER II
STATEMENT AND PROOF OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY IN THE DIVINE
UNITY
THIS chapter is divided into three sections. In the first section the
doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity is stated and proved from passages of the holy
Scriptures; in the second section something is said in explanation of this
Divine Mystery; and in the third section it is shown how the knowledge of God
Most High and man's salvation are connected with this doctrine.1
SECTION I
STATEMENT AND PROOF OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, DEDUCED FROM
THE VERSES OF THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
At the very beginning of this chapter it is most necessary that our honoured
readers should fully understand that belief in the unity of the
1 Reference may also be permitted to the explanation given in the revised
Mizanu'l-Haqq, pt. ii, ch. v, pp. 175-91, and in the Manual of Muhammadan
Objections, ch. v, pp. 145-67, and also §§ 102, 114 of the latter book.
