Article 1. We do not consider anyone to be an infidel on account of sin; nor do we deny his faith.
Article 2. We enjoin what is just and prohibit what is evil.
Article 3. What reaches you could not possibly have missed you; and what misses you could not possibly have reached you.
Article 4. We disavow none of the Companions of the Apostle of Allah; nor do we adhere to any of them exclusively.
Article 5. We leave the question of ‘Uthmān and ‘Alī to Allah, who knoweth the secret and hidden things.
Article 6. Insight in matters of religion is better than in-sight in matters of knowledge and law.
Article 7. Difference of opinion in the Community is a token of divine mercy.
Article 8. Whoso believeth all that he is bound to believe, except that he says, I do not know whether Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them) do or do not belong to the Apostles, is an infidel.
Article 9. Whoso sayeth, I do not know whether Allah is in Heaven or on the earth, is an infidel.
Article 10. Whoso sayeth, I do not know (about) the punishment in the tomb, belongeth to the sect of the Jahmites, which goeth to perdition.