The Nature of Faith: Inward Assent, Verbal Profession, and Actions

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• Which act is central to the lexical meaning of īmān?
• What does muʾmin mean in “wa-mā anta bi-muʾminin lanā” (Yūsuf 12:17)?
• What does understanding a claim while withholding assent demonstrate?
• Why does the discussion add acknowledgment/submission beyond merely associating truth with a report?
• To what is assent directed in the religious definition of īmān?
• In this passage, what does “known necessarily” primarily indicate?
• What distinguishes general from detailed faith?
• What does calling verbal profession a condition for worldly rulings address?
• How should inability to speak be treated when a person has genuine inward assent?
• What is the relation between speech and heart in doctrinal hypocrisy?
• What distinction appears when inward assent exists without verbal profession in the formulation discussed?
• Why does sleep or everyday distraction not mean faith is extinguished every moment?
• What does “He inscribed faith in their hearts” (58:22) emphasize?
• What distinction is made by “You have not believed, but say: We have submitted” (49:14)?
• What is the central objection to identifying faith wholly with verbal profession?
• What kind of distinction is “assent is the essence, profession a condition of outward rulings”?
• Which question is at issue when debating whether deeds enter faith?
• How is the conjunction in “they believed and did righteous deeds” used in the argument?
• What is indicated by describing someone doing good works “while being a believer”?
• Which conclusion is supported by calling two fighting groups “believers” (49:9)?
• What caution is needed when a school says faith includes speech and deeds?
• How are the cited Khārijite and Muʿtazilī positions on major sinners distinguished?
• What is a practical consequence of distinguishing outward rulings from inward faith?
• What does not follow from distinguishing deeds from essential assent?
• Which two senses of “part of faith” must be distinguished?
• What is the most comprehensive synthesis of this chapter?
• Every unverified story automatically becomes an article of faith in the technical definition.
• Although verbal profession is central to outward rulings, it does not establish certain access to the heart.
• The Qur’an calls two fighting groups believers, supporting the distinction between major sin and automatic loss of faith.
• If deeds are distinguished from the essence of faith, prayer and other religious duties cease to bind.