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|THE TWENTY-SIXTH WORD: On Divine Determining, sometimes known as fate, destiny, or predestination, and man’s power of choice or faculty of will. In four topics: the first, divine determining and the power of choice; the second, a scholarly discussion of the same; the third demonstrates by pointing out some proofs how powerful and extensive is the pillar of belief of divine determining; the fourth demonstrates that calamities and tribulations are not contrary to the fact that divine determining is good in all its aspects|[489](/the-words/the-twenty-sixth-word/8142/28/489/507#4892)|

|Conclusion: Five paragraphs silencing the Old Said’s soul|[501](/the-words/the-twenty-sixth-word/8142/28/489/507#5012)|

|Addendum: A short way to Almighty God, consisting of four steps|[504](/the-words/the-twenty-sixth-word/8142/28/489/507#5042)|

|THE TWENTY-SEVENTH WORD: On Independent Judgements of the Law (Ijtihad). The door of ijtihad is open, but at the present time there are six obstacles to entering it|[508](/the-words/the-twenty-seventh-word/8169/28/508/526#5082)|

|Conclusion: On the wisdom in the change in laws according to the ages, and of the diversity of the schools of law|[514](/the-words/the-twenty-seventh-word/8169/28/508/526#5142)|

|Addendum: On the Companions of the Prophet (UWBP), in three reasons and three aspects, and four questions and answers|[517](/the-words/the-twenty-seventh-word/8169/28/508/526#5172)|

|THE TWENTY-EIGHTH WORD: About Paradise. A discussion of several aspects of Paradise that have been either criticised or questioned|[527](/the-words/the-twenty-eighth-word/8191/28/527/534#5272)|

|A Short Addendum: On Hell|[534](/the-words/the-twenty-eighth-word/8191/28/527/534#5342)|

|THE TWENTY-NINTH WORD: On the Immortality of Man’s Spirit, the Angels, and the Resurrection of the Dead, in an introduction, and two aims|[535](/the-words/the-twenty-ninth-word/8198/28/535/570#5352)|

|First Aim: Belief in and affirmation of the angels is a pillar of belief, in four fundamental points. The first, on life, the light of existence; the second, all the scholars of religion have agreed on the existence of the angels, while the various schools of philosophy, being unable to deny them, have merely misnamed them; the third, the consensus of all religions, prophets, and saints concerning the angels; the fourth, the functions of the angels|[537](/the-words/the-twenty-ninth-word/8198/28/535/570#5372)|

|Second Aim: About the resurrection of the dead, the end of the world, and the life of the hereafter, in four fundamental points and an introduction. The first, man’s spirit is definitely immortal, in an introduction and four sources. The second, ten points proving certain matters that necessitate eternal happiness. The third, three matters pertaining to divine power. The fourth, four matters proving that the world possesses the potential for the resurrection of the dead|[548](/the-words/the-twenty-ninth-word/8198/28/535/570#5482)|