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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 221
Thus the name of a certain tree is freely used to signify both
the plant itself as well as the fruit of the plant.
Similarly the significance of the term belief may be extended
so as to become general, thereby making it synonymous with
the term Islam and in exact agree- ment with it. Allah said:
"We found in it but one household of those who had surrendered
themselves," (Ch.51:36 Koran.)
The third consideration deals with the legal rules which govern
the two terms.
Islam and belief have two functions, one which pertains to the
Hereafter and one which pertains to this world.
The function which pertains to the Hereafter is for the purpose
the plant itself as well as the fruit of the plant.
Similarly the significance of the term belief may be extended
so as to become general, thereby making it synonymous with
the term Islam and in exact agree- ment with it. Allah said:
"We found in it but one household of those who had surrendered
themselves," (Ch.51:36 Koran.)
The third consideration deals with the legal rules which govern
the two terms.
Islam and belief have two functions, one which pertains to the
Hereafter and one which pertains to this world.
The function which pertains to the Hereafter is for the purpose