Belief And Certainty This article covers the relationship between belief and certainty. Belief is the state of mind in which an individual is convinced of the truth or validity of a proposition or premise regardless of whether they have adequately proved or attempted to prove their main contention. Certainty is the state of mind in which...
What Is Belief? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Is Belief?“ That state of the mind by which it assents to propositions, not by reason of their intrinsic evidence, but because of authority. Though the term belief (be and lyian, to hold dear), is commonly used in ordinary language, as well...
Responsibility Responsibility is a duty or obligation for which a person is held accountable. It is the human condition that people are responsible or held accountable for the things they do or cause to happen, according to certain norms. Responsibility is accompanied by three essential elements: 1) Norms that determine accountability, 2) freedom or free...
Faith Explained Faith refers to confidence, trust, and hope in God, a person, community, tradition, or locus of inspiration. The object of faith varies among people, but the common denominator is a level of conviction and an inner attitude towards a greater power or force in the universe. Etymologically, the word ‘faith’...
What Is Faith? St. Thomas says, “Faith has the character of a virtue, not because of the things it believes, for faith is of things that appear not, but because it adheres to the testimony of one in whom truth is infallibly found” The meaning of the word (Pistis, fides)....
What Are Virtues Of Belief? This article covers the answer to the question: “What are Virtues of Belief?” In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate Surely We created man of the best pattern; then We reduced him to the lowest of the low, save those who believe and...
Trust In Social Science Trust In Social Science has several connotations. Definitions of trust typically refer to a situation characterized by the following aspects: one party (trustor) is willing to rely on the actions of another party (trustee); the situation is directed to the future. In addition, the trustor (voluntarily...
The Highest Aim Of Creation Be certain of this, that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God (Ma’rifa (Knowledge of God)) contained within belief in God. The most...
![Religious belief refers to attitudes towards mythological, supernatural, or spiritual aspects of a religion.[35] Religious belief is distinct from religious practice and from religious behaviours – with some believers not practicing religion and some practitioners not believing religion. Religious beliefs, deriving from ideas that are exclusive to religion, often relate to the existence, characteristics and worship of a deity or deities, to the idea of divine intervention in the universe and in human life, or to the deontological explanations for the values and practices centered on the teachings of a spiritual leader or of a spiritual group. In contrast to other belief systems, religious beliefs are usually codified.[36]](https://slife.org/wp-content/uploads/Religion_collage_updated-520x356.jpg)
What Is Belief? A belief is an attitude that something is the case, or that some proposition about the world is true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term “belief” to refer to attitudes about the world which can be either true or false. To believe something is to take it...
What Is Faith? Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, one can define faith as confidence or trust in a particular system of religious belief. Religious people often think of faith as confidence based on a perceived degree of warrant, while others...
Tawakkul (Reliance on God) Tawakkul (تَوَكُّل) in the Arabic language, is the word for the Islamic concept of reliance on God or “trusting in God’s plan“. It is seen as “perfect trust in God and reliance on Him alone.” It can also be referred to as God-consciousness. In fact, the Qur’an speaks of the fact that success...
Trustworthiness In Islam In the article entitled Honesty, we discussed how important the concept of honesty is to Islam and how it incorporates truthfulness and reliability. Another dimension of honesty is trustworthiness, or in Arabic, amanah. The meaning of amanah is trustworthiness, or, it is something or someone left to...
The Perspective Of A Believer This article covers The World And Its Contents From The Perspective Of A Believer. This world is a wonderful vessel for humankind, floating in this vast universe, the place that we exist and feel our existence. It is also a warm dwelling, surrounded by magnificent...
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