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If He helps me, and even if the entire universe was to be against me, still they could not do a thing to harm me!” Therefore when we see people humiliating themselves in front of others, we should know that this stems from a weak sense of certainty which has taken over them. Certainty has various degrees and levels to it and these various levels have an effect on the way a person acts in his life as actions are a reflection of our inner belief.

Therefore, the stronger a person's inner beliefs are, the purer his actions will be. Most of the time, the spiritual contamination in our actions is due to a contamination of our theological beliefs. It has been said that, 'All things, even the ethical teachings and the branches of the religion (Furu’ ad-Din) must be put in order through our principal beliefs (Usul ad-Din)' and this is because of the reason mentioned above. Certainty has three levels to it: 1.

‘Ilmul Yaqin [The Knowledge of Certainity] 2. ‘Ainul Yaqin [The Eye of Certainity] 3. haqqul Yaqin [The Truth of Certainty] In order to better understand these three levels, think about the following example.

Sometimes a person sees smoke bellowing from somewhere and through this, concludes that there must be a fire - this is referred to as ‘Ilmul Yaqin (the Knowledge of Certainity); it is possible that he may even see the fire itself - and this is referred to as ‘Ainul Yaqin (the Eye of Certainity); and sometimes the person would experience the fire with all of his senses - and this is referred to as haqqul Yaqin (the Truth of Certainty).