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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 256
The third usage of the term belief denotes certain acceptance
resulting from revelation and an open mind as well as from
seeing truth with the light of the heart. The last is the least
to lend itself to increase. I shall, however, say that the
way in which the heart accepts certain things which are free
of doubt differs.
Thus the way the heart and mind accepts the fact that two are
greater than one is unlike the way it accepts the fact that
the world is created and originated. Although there is not
the slightest doubt of the certainty of either fact. For certain
things differ in the degrees of their clarity and in the
degrees to which the mind accepts them.
We touched on this subject in the section of certainty in the
resulting from revelation and an open mind as well as from
seeing truth with the light of the heart. The last is the least
to lend itself to increase. I shall, however, say that the
way in which the heart accepts certain things which are free
of doubt differs.
Thus the way the heart and mind accepts the fact that two are
greater than one is unlike the way it accepts the fact that
the world is created and originated. Although there is not
the slightest doubt of the certainty of either fact. For certain
things differ in the degrees of their clarity and in the
degrees to which the mind accepts them.
We touched on this subject in the section of certainty in the