Conceipt of Faith

The

Concept of

Faith

Islam

in

Habib Ali al-Jifri

English Monograph Series — Book No. 13

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O believers, respond to God and

the Messenger when He calls you

unto that which will give you life.

Qur'an,

Al-Anfal, 8:24

Other Books in the Series

1. The Amman Message  2008

2. A Common Word Between Us and You  2009

3. Forty Hadith on Divine Mercy  2009

4. Jihad and the Islamic Law of War  2009

5. Body Count  2009

6. The Holy Qur’an and the Environment  2010

7. Address to H. H. Pope Benedict XVI 2010

8. Keys to Jerusalem  2010

9. Islam, Christianity and the Environment  2011

10. The First UN World Interfaith Harmony Week  2011

11. Islam and Peace  2012

12. Reason and Rationality in the Qur’an  2012

13. The Concept of Faith in Islam  2012

14. Warfare in the Qur’an  2012

Habib Ali al-Jifri

№ 13

MABDA

English Monograph Series

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MABDA · English Monograph Series · No. 13

The Concept of Faith in Islam

ISBN: 978-9957-428-49-5

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Translation from Arabic into English by Khaled Williams.

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Contents

Introduction  |  7

The Concept of Faith in Islam  |  9

1. Faith (Iman) in its Lexical and Technical Meanings  |  11

2. The Meaning of Faith, and its Articles  |  13

3. The Levels of Surrender (Islam),...