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Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Email Your Name: To: Use ',' to separate email. What are the usūl al-dīn? Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Email Your Name: To: Use ',' to separate email. If the God of Islam is One and has no partners, then what do angels and prophets do? Aren’t they partners that help God manage the world of creation? Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Email Your Name: To: Use ',' to separate email. Will the resurrection on the Day of Judgment be physical or spiritual? Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Email Your Name: To: Use ',' to separate email. Shahāda Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Email Your Name: To: Use ',' to separate email. Polytheism Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Email Your Name: To: Use ',' to separate email. Monotheism Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Email Your Name: To: Use ',' to separate email. 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 Ash-ha-du… an Lā ilāha …illAllāh …wa Ash-ha-du … anna … Muhammadan … rasūlullāh. wa Ash-ha-du … anna Aliun waliullah Translation: I testify that there is no deity but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and I testify that Ali is the vicegerent and saint of Allah.){kind=spacer}
 preserve the authentic interpretation of Islam as intended by the Prophet (s).)
 and is conditioned upon propagation to the public. Wahī is usually something new, often in the form of a new law. )
 tasked to guide humankind and protect the message of Islam. )
 cannot be an Imām. See Q2:124. )
 who succeeded the Prophet (s) do not receive direct revelation (wahī) from God which comes through the medium of the Archangel Gabriel, they only receive ilhām or divinely inspired knowledge without a medium, this form of knowledge is largely private and not conditioned upon propagation, as is the case with wahī. )
? Is a divinely appointed Imām any less? )
, ʿAdāla (Divine Justice), Nubuwwa (Prophethood), Imāma (Divinely Guided Leadership) and Maʿād (Resurrection on the Day of Judgment) )
 required in Islam so as to be able to perform obligatory ritual practices. )
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 Holy Household. )
 called Ali ibn Abi Talib. The rest of the eleven Imams are descendants of Ali.
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