ABSTRACT
There are three terms used by Muslim writers to designate religion, viz., ~., used to designate religion. as it stands in relation to God
distinction from the proofs of reason (g:\~" gj'.,lI') ; they are also called the proofs of (divine) Law (~;.s, gj.,lI;). The first two sources, Qur'&n and Tradition, are called the absolute, infallible proofs (~, xr.,lI') , because they contain the absolutely true and undoubted fundamental doctrines of Islam, while the other two are called the secondary
by analogy. The former are called the Roots (J,.I); the latter the Branches, a:,J), on account of their being derived from the roots and dependent on them.
