With the exception of the
MustaaliThe Musta‘lī Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accept al-Musta‘lī as the nineteeth Fatimid Caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir...
Ismaili, most
Ismaili' is a branch of the Islamic faith. It is the second largest part of the Shī‘ah community, after the mainstream Twelvers...
Shi'a Muslims believe in
panentheismPanentheism is a belief system which posits that God exists and interpenetrates every part of nature, and timelessly extends beyond as well...
, meaning God is both
realityReality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist." Literally, the term denotes what is real; in its widest sense, this includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. Reality in this sense includes being and sometimes is considered to...
and transcendent of it. While the figure of the
GodheadGodhead may refer to:*deity*divinity, the quality of being God*Conceptions of God**Godhead , the unknowable aspect of God which lies beyond His actions or emanations...
is beyond this universe, the Godhead has created reality, which is the
ImamThe Ismaili view on the Imamah differs from the Twelver Shi'a view, in particular because the Imam in Ismailism is the Face of Allah. Ismailis believe that the Noor of Allah is present in the Imam, and that there is only a Zahiri difference between each one...
himself. All living beings exist in this reality, and to understand the Imam is to understand reality and truth and thereby gain salvation.
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With the exception of the
MustaaliThe Musta‘lī Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accept al-Musta‘lī as the nineteeth Fatimid Caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir...
Ismaili, most
Ismaili' is a branch of the Islamic faith. It is the second largest part of the Shī‘ah community, after the mainstream Twelvers...
Shi'a Muslims believe in
panentheismPanentheism is a belief system which posits that God exists and interpenetrates every part of nature, and timelessly extends beyond as well...
, meaning God is both
realityReality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist." Literally, the term denotes what is real; in its widest sense, this includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. Reality in this sense includes being and sometimes is considered to...
and transcendent of it. While the figure of the
GodheadGodhead may refer to:*deity*divinity, the quality of being God*Conceptions of God**Godhead , the unknowable aspect of God which lies beyond His actions or emanations...
is beyond this universe, the Godhead has created reality, which is the
ImamThe Ismaili view on the Imamah differs from the Twelver Shi'a view, in particular because the Imam in Ismailism is the Face of Allah. Ismailis believe that the Noor of Allah is present in the Imam, and that there is only a Zahiri difference between each one...
himself. All living beings exist in this reality, and to understand the Imam is to understand reality and truth and thereby gain salvation.