the nature of faith and its conceptual bases from the viewpoint of fakhrـalـdin razi

in razi’s view, faith and safety, is a root taken from the words of “tasdigh (confirming)” and “aman (safety)” and in literature it means “recognization and confirimation by heart”and “admitting by words”; when recognition by heart is achieved, verbal confession is also achieved. he believes that the conceptual bases of faith are “recognition and accepting by heart” and “verbal confession” and practice is out of the conceptual scope of faith; because the reference of practice to faith causes its repetition. he believes that faith must be based on reason and in trying to explain his views on faith, he has been influenced by others in some aspects and has also influenced other’s views and in some respects, his views have been different from those of other asharite theologians.