Faith as a Divine gift in the mirror holy verses and hadiths

Faith is regadedan the most fundamental concept in the doctrinal system of shiism as well as Islam.It is defined as acknowledge by heart along with confession by tongue and action by bodily parts(limbs).Whether or not the confession and action are considered as part of the nature of faith concomitant of it , faith is preceded by some knowledge. This knowledge can be obtained an result of one,s attempts or given to human being due to grace of Allah. In either case the acknowledgement by tongue or heart is an act of human free will. Accordingly faith attaind in this way is an acquired one which paves the way for what is called in the traditions a God given or giyted faith. God given faith is beyond that in technical sense and according to holy verses and hadiths is a light and gift of god bestowed to the chosen individuals. This article is an attempt to explain the approach to holy verses and hadith through which one can see clearly the nature of faith an a gift by God to human being.