The first systematic books explaining the tenets of Sufism date from the 10th century; but earlier, Muḥāsibī had already written about spiritual education, Ḥallāj had composed meditations in highly concentrated language, and many Sufis had used poetry for conveying their experiences of the ineffable mystery or had instructed their disciples in letters of cryptographic density.
After Paulinus explains the tenets of Christianity, the king asks his counselors what they think of the new doctrine.
A student of painting and sculpture at Brussels' Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Zhang taught Hergé about Chinese artistic styles, giving him a set of traditional Chinese brushes and explaining to him the art of painting a tree and Chinese calligraphy, alongside explaining the tenets of Taoist philosophy.
In the event that a patient was unaware of DOTS, the interviewer explained the tenets of the programme and then evaluated the patient's attitudes and acceptability.
Journalists of all sorts rushed to explain the basic tenets of the Sikh religion and the practice of our faith.
Once a person is educated enough to explain the basic tenets of both evolution and creationism, he or she is capable of making an intelligent, emotion-free decision based on the evidence.
Khadijah Abdul, a 43-year-old IT consultant at Facebook, had come to explain the basic tenets of Islam to anyone prepared to listen.
It was precisely to answer questions such as these, and explain the basic tenets of Islam, that East London Mosque was among at least 80 around the UK that opened their doors this weekend to non-Muslims as part of a "Visit My Mosque" scheme.
This gathering mandated that all clergy should explain the basic tenets of Christianity to the laity, as well as legislating on clerical dress, control of monasteries, and the behavior of the clergy.
