6 E. C. Ross— Tenets of the Ibaa%i Sect of 'Oman. [Jan. 



In God and his Angels : in His Scriptures and Prophets : in Paradise 

 and Hell : in His promises and warnings : in the Resurrection and the 

 Judgment and the Last Day : in the messages brought by the Prophets 

 from their Lord. It is also necessary to believe that the Koran is the word 

 of God sent down to His Apostle Muhammad : that His rewards are 

 unrivalled, as His punishments are unequalled, and that the mercies He 

 vouchsafes are great, even as the trials He imposes are great. Also that 

 God is the Creator of all things, There is none other than He, His promises 

 are not broken, nor His threats unfulfilled, for His word is true. That all 

 that has been revealed through Muhammad bin 'Abdullah is manifest truth. 



The most High God : eyes perceive him not but he comprehendeth 

 the vision.* He is All-knowing, All-wise. The limits of the Heavens 

 contain Him not, He is God. There is none other God than He, the one, 

 mighty. He is the Creator who maketh all things and giveth form thereto. 

 Who raiseth up and finally disposeth of all. Life is His gift and He 

 causeth to die. He is the Living who dieth not, All powerful. One and 

 everlasting, unbegotten and unbegetting. All powerful to do that He 

 willeth. Imagination comprehendeth Him not, nor do created forms resem- 

 ble Him. Neither movement nor repose can be attributed to him. All in 

 earth and Heaven is His, and that which is between. He knoweth all 

 things before they exist. Time changeth him not. Possessor of might, 

 majesty and power. Undying, without compeer, companion, or offspring. 

 His word goeth forth and what He willeth is. Praise be to Him in whose 

 hand is power over all tilings, to whom all things revert. 



The Religionf of Islam also is based on Faith. This % consists in 

 testifying that there is but one God, without co-partner, that Muhammad 

 was his servant and messenger sent to guide to the true Religion, making 

 it manifest to people of all creeds, regardless of the scoff of the Infidel. 

 Since the Religion was brought from God, it is manifest truth. No doubt 

 nor uncertainty attaches to it. As to the coming Horn", there is no doubt 

 of that, nor that God will raise the dead from their graves. But Islam in 

 its completeness recmires the practice of the following observances : — 



Meligious Observances. § 



Firstly. — Prayer with its accompanying rites, conditions ;|| such as the 



* Koran VI. 103. The mental perception attains not to the knowledge of His 

 nature. 



t Faith. 



X The orthodox describe Faith to consist in belief, 1st in God, 2nd His Angels, 

 3rd Scriptures, 4th Prophets, 5th Resurrection, and His Decrees. 

 § 1, Prayer, 2, Almsgiving, 3, Fasting, 4, Pilgrimage. 

 || Conditions of Prayer. 

 1. Members of the body must be free from impurity. 



