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The_Foundations_of_the_Islamic_Belief, page : 203
nothing
increases in itself. Thus it cannot be said that man's head is an addition or a surplus which
increases his
stature or size; but his beard and corpulence are.
Similarly it is not permissible to say that prayer is augmented and increased by kneeling and
prostration; rather it is augmented by the manner of its execution and the usages followed therein.
This,
therefore, is a clear declaration that belief as such does exist, and that once it exists, it may
vary,
subject to increase and decrease.
If you then say that the ambiguity lies in the problem of acceptance, how could it increase and
diminish
when it is always the same? I shall then say that if we put aside all hypocrisy and ignore the
opposition
of adversaries and then lift the veil off the exact meaning of the word, all ambiguity will be
removed.
increases in itself. Thus it cannot be said that man's head is an addition or a surplus which
increases his
stature or size; but his beard and corpulence are.
Similarly it is not permissible to say that prayer is augmented and increased by kneeling and
prostration; rather it is augmented by the manner of its execution and the usages followed therein.
This,
therefore, is a clear declaration that belief as such does exist, and that once it exists, it may
vary,
subject to increase and decrease.
If you then say that the ambiguity lies in the problem of acceptance, how could it increase and
diminish
when it is always the same? I shall then say that if we put aside all hypocrisy and ignore the
opposition
of adversaries and then lift the veil off the exact meaning of the word, all ambiguity will be
removed.