Christian Claim
"The Trinity is explicitly taught in the Bible — Islam rejects clear Biblical truth"
Bible References
The Shema — 'The Lord our God, the Lord is one'
"Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one."
Baptism commanded in the name of Father, Son, Holy Spirit
"Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,"
Quran References
لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَٰثَةٍ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ
"They have certainly disbelieved who say Allah is the third of three. There is no god except one God."
قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
"Say: He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born. Nor is there any equivalent to Him."
Islamic Clarification
The word 'Trinity' never appears in the Bible. The Trinitarian creed was formalized at the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE — three centuries after Jesus. Many early Christian communities (Arians, Unitarians) rejected the Trinity as a later innovation. Deuteronomy 6:4 — the Shema that Jesus himself recited as 'the greatest commandment' — declares God's absolute oneness. Islam argues the Trinity was a human theological construction layered onto original monotheism.