The Holy Quran's View on Christian Trinity

The Holy Quran refers to the Christian Trinity and rejects it but this issue poses a question: does Quran reject a kind of Trinity which has been prevalent during the time of the advent of Islam in the Hedjaz (Arabia) or completely reject the whole idea? It has been said by some Christian writers that there are two differences between the Trinity which is rejected by the Holy Quran and the orthodox Christian Trinity; firstly it speaks of Trinity as tri-Gods and not "one Essence in three persons", secondly Quran's Trinity includes "God, Jesus and Mary" and not "the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". By collecting the related verses of the Quran and referring to some commentaries, these writers try to prove their theory. On the other hand, some Christian writers have claimed that Holy Quran not only does not reject the Trinity but also confirmed it. In their arguments, they mention two other terms, i.e., "the word" and "the spirit" which alluded to the Jesus in the Quran. We believe that the interpretation of these Christian writers is incorrect and the evidence shows that the Quran rejects the prevalent Trinity and not "Tri-Gods" and Trinity for Quran does not include "God, Jesus and Mary" but "the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit".