Book: Islam and Faith
49 pages
- The verse from al-Baqarah addresses disclosure and concealment
- The pillars of Islam are three
- Abraham is an example of unitive abstraction
- Fatherhood transcends genetic lineage
- Ethics are fixed and innate
- Religious forms have distinct significations
- Motherhood transcends biological birth
- Excellence encompasses work and life
- Islam encompasses faith and righteous action
- Islam is the religion of universal innate disposition
- Faith is a specific obligation upon believers
- Faith is specific to Muhammad’s followers
- Faith is specific to the Muhammadan message
- Ability differs from capacity
- Divine disavowal and revelation
- Merciful disavowal and material proof
- Adoption is legitimate in specific cases
- Definitive prohibition belongs to God alone
- Reckoning concerns intentional action
- Sin, evil deed, and error
- The Messenger and the Prophet differ
- The third pillar is righteous action
- The fighting narration is not a Qur’anic foundation
- Anthropomorphic associationism is the gravest associationism
- Testimony continues after the seal of prophethood
- Scientific testimony supports the message
- The Witness is one of God’s names
- The chest denotes the brain
- Ṣalāh differs from prayer
- Scientists are among the witnesses
- Righteous action is part of Islam
- Weaning marks the beginning of consequential adoption
- The Qur’an is an enduring miracle
- The Qur’an distinguishes among familial terms
- Moral values are innate and universal
- Muslim includes everyone who believes in God and the Last Day
- The common meaning of martyr is late
- The Prophet does not know the unseen
- The self and the chest differ
- Marriage differs from fertilization
- Some prohibitions are subject to independent reasoning
- Distinguishing the witness from the martyr
- Distinguishing the martyr from the witness
- God’s testimony is immediate and all-encompassing
- Obedience to the Messenger is mercy for humanity
- Obedience to the Messenger within the framework of freedom
- God’s knowledge encompasses human thoughts
- Al-Baqarah 284 may not be abrogated by al-Baqarah 286
- The covenant of Islam is a voluntary commitment