"If God's mercy depends on a blood sacrifice, it limits His compassion and power, which doesn't align with Allah's true nature. In Islam, Allah is the Most Merciful, the Most Forgiving—He pardons sins directly, without needing any intermediary or ritual. The Qur'an says, 'Say: O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful' (Surah Az-Zumar, 39:53). His mercy is boundless, not tied to a condition like a sacrifice.
In the Trinity, the idea that God requires the death of Jesus (peace be upon him) as a blood sacrifice to forgive sins suggests He's bound by some rule or debt. But why would the Creator of all laws be constrained like that? It questions His sovereignty and compassion. Tawhid reveals Allah's true mercy: He forgives out of His will alone, no payment needed. The Qur'an affirms, 'He punishes whom He wills and forgives whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent' (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:284). That's real mercy—direct, unlimited, and pure."
The penalty for sin is death ().
In the old covenant this was the standard:
Jesus fulfilled the death penalty on the cross and replaced our sinful state which is under judgement with his sinless state which allows for grace. You can read the book of Romans to get a better understanding of what the bible teaches about salvation.
Hopefully I can clear up some misunderstandings for you. Jesus is eternal, he never started to exist. He was the angel of the Lord before he became human. He walked in the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve and appeared to Moses in the burning bush. Everywhere we see God appear in the Old Testament physically, it's Jesus preincarnate.
God can be in multiple places just as we can be. My name is Chris, and my body, soul, and spirit are all equally 'Chris'. If I had an out of body experience, my soul and spirit would be in a different location than my body but all 3 would remain Chris. I would not all of a sudden become two different beings. You can say "Chris's body" or "Chris's soul" or "Chris" and all refer to me or a part of me. In the same way, Yahweh (God) is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit but they are not the same person or part of Yahweh. All could be called Yahweh, but they have different roles and attributes. They can appear together as one being such as in the burning bush where all three were present or they can appear in separate locations such as in the baptism of Jesus.
There are multiple thrones in some passages, but those passages (Daniel 7 for example) are visions and dreams meant to show that Jesus is God. That the Messiah will be God. There are also passages where it is JUST Jesus such as in Ezekiel where there is only one throne and only Jesus is described as God on the throne. The bible never says that there are literally two thrones just in visions and dreams. This could be an illustration to teach that there are multiple parts of God and not that he will literally sit in two thrones.
The last big thing to consider is the purpose of Jesus becoming human. This gets into mercy, justice, love, and sin.
Imagine your family was killed by someone, there were cameras and physical evidence which for sure identified the man so who killed them is known. The killer is for sure guilty, and the judge and the jury all know that. The man said he was guilty and admits to killing your family. Now imagine if the judge was the killer's father and the judge looks at his son in sadness and says, "I know you are guilty, but I love and pity you too much, I'm letting you go unpunished".
Would you think that justice had been served? Would it be right for the judge to let his son go unpunished for killing your family out of love and mercy? Why was the crime not punished? Most people instinctively know that this is wrong. That a corruption of justice has happened.
The same is true with God. We are his children, and he loves us and wants all of us to be saved and not be punished for our sins. Yet, he is a good judge. Justice must be done. Punishment for sins must be carried out. What is God to do? His love and mercy and his goodness and justice are at odds with each other because of OUR sin. So, he punishes us for our sins. Yet we are all sinners, and our sin is far greater than any good we can do. The punishment for sin is death. If God was only just then everyone would go to hell.
So, God decided to humble himself and become a human. Even though this is beneath him. He chose to become a human and live a life of weakness. He lived without sin and fulfilled the righteous requirements of the law. Something no man has ever done before him or after him. He then chose willingly to die and take on the sins of the world. He replaced our sin with his goodness and righteousness. It's what the crown of thorns represents. Thorns represent sin in the bible. God had the sin of the world pounded into his flesh. He died the death we deserve to give us new life.
On Judgement Day when we all go before the throne of God, we will have all our sins listed out and the punishment for them will be given. Now we can either pay that penalty ourselves and go to hell or we can apply the death of Jesus in our place. Someone has to pay the debt and accept the punishment or God is not just. So, God did it for us to fulfill his justice and his mercy. The mercy and justice of God meet on the cross and his love and grace is poured out on those who accept him.
This is such a relief! I don't have to earn my place before a far-off God, God came down to us in the muck and filth of the world, suffered, and died so that his children may live. What kind of father wouldn't be willing to lay down their life for their kids? We have a much greater Father in heaven who is willing. And you can accept that, and he will come near to you. You can find rest from all the anxiety and worry about pleasing Allah. There is rest in Jesus.