Editing Creed (section)

=== Islamic ''aqīdah'' ===
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In Islamic theology, the term most closely corresponding to "creed" is ''[[ʿAqīdah|ʿaqīdah]]'' ({{lang|ar|عقيدة}}).{{who|date=August 2023}} The first such creed was written as "a short answer to the pressing heresies of the time" is known as ''Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar'' and ascribed to [[Abū Ḥanīfa]].<ref name=Glasse>Glasse, Cyril (2001). New Encyclopedia of Islam (Revised ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 105.</ref><ref name="Abu Hanifah An-Nu^man">{{cite web|last=Abu Hanifah An-Nu^man|title=Al- Fiqh Al-Akbar|url=http://www.aicp.org/SupportingDocs/Al__Fiqh__Akbar_English.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816084611/http://www.aicp.org/SupportingDocs/Al__Fiqh__Akbar_English.pdf |archive-date=2009-08-16 |url-status=live|publisher=aicp.org|access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref> Two well known creeds were the ''Fiqh Akbar II''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/34756601/Al-Fiqh-Al-Akbar-II-With-Commentary-by-Al-Ninowy |title=Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar II With Commentary by Al-Ninowy |access-date=2017-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315081425/http://www.scribd.com/doc/34756601/Al-Fiqh-Al-Akbar-II-With-Commentary-by-Al-Ninowy |archive-date=2014-03-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "representative" of the [[Ash'ari|al-Ash'ari]], and ''Fiqh Akbar III'', "representative" of the [[Shafi'i|Ash-Shafi'i]].<ref name=Glasse/>

''Iman'' ({{langx|ar|{{large|الإيمان}}}}) in [[Islamic theology]] denotes a believer's religious faith.<ref>Farāhī, Majmū‘ah Tafāsīr, 2nd ed. (Faran Foundation, 1998), 347.</ref><ref>Frederick M. Denny, ''An Introduction to Islam, 3rd ed., p. 405''</ref> Its most simple definition is the belief in [[Iman (concept)#The six pilars of faith|the six pilars of faith]], known as ''arkān al-īmān''.
#[[Tawhid|Belief in God]]
#[[Islamic view of angels|Belief in the Angels]]
#[[Islamic holy books|Belief in Divine Books]]
#[[Prophets in Islam|Belief in the Prophets]]
#[[Yawm al-Qiyāmah|Belief in the Day of Judgement]]
#[[Predestination in Islam|Belief in God's predestination]]