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Article 2: The Islamic Republic is a system based on the faith in: 1. one God (“There is no god but God”), the exclusive attribution of sovereignty and the legislation of law to Him, and the necessity of surrender to His commands; 2. divine inspiration and its foundational role in the articulation of the laws; 3. resurrection and its constructive role in explanation of laws; 4. the justice of God in creation and legislation; 5. belief in the Imams (imamat), continuous leadership, and its fundamental role in the continuity of the Islamic Revolution; 6. the wondrous and exalted status of human beings and their freedom, which must be endowed with responsibility, before God. These are achieved through: a. the continuous striving to reason (ejtehād) of qualified jurisprudents (foqahā) who possess the necessary qualifications based on the book (Qur’an) and the Traditions of the infallibles (ma‘sumin), peace be upon them all; b. the employment of sciences, technologies, and advanced human experience with the aim of their further development; c. the negation of all kinds of oppression, authoritarianism, or the acceptance of domination, which secures justice, political and economic, social, and cultural independence and national unity.