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Trinity was formulated in the year 325 C.E.
"Peace be upon you! That's an excellent observation, and it's something worth digging into. The idea of the Trinity as we know it today didn't really take shape until centuries after Jesus (peace be upon him) walked the earth. If you look at history, it wasn't until the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE—almost 300 years later—that the concept started being formalized, and even then, it was debated and refined over time. Doesn't that raise a question? If the Trinity was the true message of Jesus, why didn't he teach it clearly himself? Why did it take so long for people to agree on it?
In Islam, we see this as a sign that the original message of pure monotheism—Tawhid—got complicated over time by human ideas. The Qur'an came to restore that clarity, revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a final message: 'Your God is One God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate' (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:163). This oneness was the same truth taught by all the prophets—Abraham, Moses, Jesus—all of them (peace be upon them). So, when the Trinity emerges so late in history, doesn't it suggest it might be an innovation rather than the original teaching? What do you think about how this timing fits with the message of the earlier prophets?"
The claim that the Trinity was "formulated" at the Council of Nicaea (325 C.E.) confuses the formal articulation of a belief with the origin of the belief itself.
1. The Reality Was Present Before the Terminology
2. Nicaea Was a Defense, Not an Innovation
3. Consistency with Monotheism
The timing reflects the final stage of progressive revelation that culminated in Christ, and the necessary defense of that truth when it was challenged.