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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 210
This chapter is comprised of three matters.
First matter: People disagreed concerning the meaning of Islam
(submission), whether it was identical with iman (belief)
or different therefrom; and, in the event it was different,
whether it was removed from belief and could exist without it,
or inseparable from it and does not exist without it.
Some have said that they are one and the same thing. Others say
that they are two different things wholly unrelated, and
still others say that although they are two different things,
they are closely related to each other.
Abu Talib al Makki had something to say in this connection; yet
First matter: People disagreed concerning the meaning of Islam
(submission), whether it was identical with iman (belief)
or different therefrom; and, in the event it was different,
whether it was removed from belief and could exist without it,
or inseparable from it and does not exist without it.
Some have said that they are one and the same thing. Others say
that they are two different things wholly unrelated, and
still others say that although they are two different things,
they are closely related to each other.
Abu Talib al Makki had something to say in this connection; yet