The Foundations of the Articles of Faith

Translated by Nabih Amin Faris.

This book is a translation of Kitab Qawa’d al-Aqa’id, Book 2 of 40 of al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ Ulum al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences).

Section 1:

• On The Exposition of the Creed of the Orthodox Community as Embodied in the Two Words of the Shahadah which form One of the Pillars of Islam
• The Meaning of the Second Word of the Witness (Al-Shahadah)

Section 2:

• On the Introduction to Religious Instruction and the Stages of Belief

Section 3:

• On the Obvious Proofs for the Creed Written in Jerusalem
• The Second Pillar Concerning the Attributes of Allah, Involving Ten Principles
• The Third Pillar Concerning the Knowledge of the Works of Allah, Involving Ten Principles
• The Fourth Pillar Concerning the Things Accepted on Authority and Believing what the Prophet ﷺ Related Concerning them, and it Involves Ten Principles

Section 4:

• On belief and Islam, the relation between the differences which distinguish them, whether belief increases or decreases and the qualifications which the Fathers laid down concerning it