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and that they should die in this faith. They should believe in all Prophets and all books, the truth of which is affirmed by the Holy Qur'ān. They should observe the fast and perform the Şalāt and pay the Zakāt and perform the pilgrimage and carry out all that God Almighty and His. Messenger have prescribed and should abstain from all that they have forbidden and thus conform in every respect to Islamic commandments. We consider it our duty to accept all that is supported by the consensus of the righteous ones who have passed away and all that is considered as part of Islam by the consensus of the Ahl-iSunnat. We call to witness the heaven and the earth that this is our faith. [Ayyam-uş-Şulaḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 14, p. 323]. I call Allāh the Exalted to witness that I am not a nonbeliever. I believe that: لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللَّهِ ؟. I believe about the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of. Allāh be on him] that: الكِن رَّسُولَ اللهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِينَ ، 5. I make declarations on the truthfulness of this statement of mine equal to the names of Almighty Allāh, and the number of words in the Holy Qur'ān, and in accordance with the perfections attained by the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] in the determination of. Allāh. . No part of my doctrine is contrary to the commandments of Allah and His Messenger. If anyone thinks so, it must be due to his misunderstanding. Anyone who still considers me a kāfir, and does not desist from calling me one,. There is no one worthy of worship except Allah and Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah. [Publisher] 6. but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. ' al-Aḥzāb, 33:41 [Publisher]