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use of Islam, which is all-inclusive.
It was in this sense that the Prophet - the praise and peace
be upon him - used the term belief when he replied to the question
put to him as to which type of Islam is best, thereby
making it a particular aspect of Islam and a part of it.
The use of the two terms synonymously, thereby using the word
Islam for both inward and outward submission, would make it
all submission; the same is true of belief, which may be used
freely and its particular meaning extended, thereby making
it general and including under it outward submission. This
is quite possible because the outward submission through word
and deed is the fruit and result of inward submission.
It was in this sense that the Prophet - the praise and peace
be upon him - used the term belief when he replied to the question
put to him as to which type of Islam is best, thereby
making it a particular aspect of Islam and a part of it.
The use of the two terms synonymously, thereby using the word
Islam for both inward and outward submission, would make it
all submission; the same is true of belief, which may be used
freely and its particular meaning extended, thereby making
it general and including under it outward submission. This
is quite possible because the outward submission through word
and deed is the fruit and result of inward submission.