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What is the interpretation of verses (16-20) from chapter 28 of the Gospel of Matthew, and do these verses prove that Christ Jesus is the Son of God, especially since Christ spoke of the Trinity and said: "He is the Son of God"?

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Allah, glorified be His majesty, is One, the Unique, the Self-Sufficient. Nothing from His creation resembles Him. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, is a messenger from Allah. Allah made him a sign for humanity by his birth without a father, but this does not make him a son of God. Adam was created by Allah from dust, and Eve from Adam's rib, and no one has ever claimed that they are sons of God.

The text that speaks about baptism in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of Matthew (28/16-20) is an interpolated and inauthentic text for several reasons: 1. It is not found in the other three Gospels, nor in the conclusion of Mark's Gospel, which mentions Christ's command to the disciples without the Trinitarian formula. 2. Western scholars, commentators, and Christian historians confirm that this formula is alien to the speech of Christ and was not present in the era of the apostles, and that it only appeared in late stages of Christian teachings. 3. Metropolitan Cyrille Salim Bustros suggests that this command is not from Jesus himself, but rather a summary of the preaching that prepared catechumens for baptism, and that baptism in the early years of Christianity was given "in the name of Jesus Christ" only. 4. The historian Eusebius of Caesarea quoted the passage from the Gospel of Matthew and did not mention the Father or the Holy Spirit in it, but rather said: "Go and make disciples of all nations in my name." 5. The Hebrew manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew discovered recently do not contain this text, which confirms its interpolation. 6. The history of the disciples confirms their ignorance of this text, as Christ commanded them to avoid inviting non-Jews, and they did not go out to invite the nations except when circumstances forced them to. 7. The disciples did not rebuke Peter for going to the Gentiles based on a command from Christ, but rather based on a dream vision and the vision of the Holy Spirit. 8. The disciples agreed with Paul that Paul should invite the Gentiles, while they would invite the Jews, which contradicts the existence of a Christian command for them to invite the nations.

Even if we concede the existence of the text, it does not mean that Christ is the son of God, as this term has been applied to others besides Christ in many contexts, as in "Matthew 5/8-9" where peacemakers are called "children of God."

There are many Christian references that deny the existence of this text in the Gospel of Matthew, such as "W. Paterson," "Anchor Bible Dictionary," "Peake's Commentary on the Bible," "Encyclopædia Britannica," and others.

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