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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 112
It is our opinion that for the common people the explanation
of the faith which we have already given is sufficient for them
and that nothing further will be required of them in the
first degree. But if any fear of disturbances arises on account
of the spread of heresies, then, in the second degree,
recourse may be had to a statement of the belief wherein a brief
and undetailed outline of the obvious proofs is presented.
We shall, therefore, present these obvious proofs in this book
and shall confine ourselves therein to what we have issued
to the people of Jerusalem, entitled al Risalah al Qudsiyah
fi Qawa'id al 'Aqa'id (The Jerusalem Epistle on the Foundations
of the Articles of Faith) and included in the following
of the faith which we have already given is sufficient for them
and that nothing further will be required of them in the
first degree. But if any fear of disturbances arises on account
of the spread of heresies, then, in the second degree,
recourse may be had to a statement of the belief wherein a brief
and undetailed outline of the obvious proofs is presented.
We shall, therefore, present these obvious proofs in this book
and shall confine ourselves therein to what we have issued
to the people of Jerusalem, entitled al Risalah al Qudsiyah
fi Qawa'id al 'Aqa'id (The Jerusalem Epistle on the Foundations
of the Articles of Faith) and included in the following