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However, if a person investigates and learns the truth about them, it is her/his obligation to form his/her own beliefs according to her/his findings. To deny these beliefs without reason, only because of doubt, is not permissible. These beliefs are formed in the following issues: We believe that God Almighty is not material, He is not composed of parts, He is not exposed to any alteration or change, and His attributes are not apart from His Divine Essence. He is beyond time and place.

He was not born from anything, nor was anything born of Him, and His existence is necessary. Understanding the truth of His Divine Essence is beyond the capacity of any intellect, including those of prophets, angels, or scientists. We believe in the existence of angels, their inerrancy, and their vast and widespread control over the world, under the administration of God Almighty.

The Divine Book is full of references to them, their missions, and proficiency in various fields all over the creation. We believe that to deny them, especially the ones named in the Holy Qur’an, brings about disbelief. We also have faith in the existence of jinn and devils, be they of one kind or of two. We believe in all the heavenly books sent down to the prophets prior to the last prophet Muhammad (s).

We have specific faith in the books named in the Qur’an and general faith in the ones not mentioned therein. We believe in divine revelation, i.e. the secret spiritual communication between the prophets and God Almighty, and that all the divine religions and heavenly books were delivered to humankind from God through them. They also received other laws and sciences and delivered them to the people. There were three methods of revelation: a.

Inspiration of divine words to the heart of the prophet through a method beyond physical senses. b. Inspiration of God’s words through the hearing sense, without the appearance of anything. c. Descent of an angel to the prophet and inspiration of God’s words in a face-to-face manner. It is likely that all three kinds of revelations were sent down to all prophets, with differences in degree, time, place, and subject.

We believe in the infallibility and immunity of all prophets from sin, mistake, and error in the religious affairs. This means that they never committed any sin, be it small or great, neither in childhood nor in maturity, neither before being raised up as prophets nor afterwards.