the disbelievers through their outward submission to the Bearer of the Law and the Call (Ṣāḥib al-Nāmūs wa-l-Da‘wa), may God’s blessings be upon him. This is called "Submission" (Istislām).
They are those whom the Remembrance (al-Dhikr) described as having Islam but lacking Faith (Īmān), in His—the Exalted—saying: {The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted'"} 1 .
The Second Class: The Islam of those who remain within Islam without the insight of Rational Proof (dalīl ‘aqlī) or the weight of evidence. Rather, such a person found his parents upon a matter and followed them in it, without diving into its reality or investigating its truth or falsehood. This class is called "The Unthinking Rabble" (Hamajun Ru‘ā‘).
Continuing the classification of Metaphorical Islam (al-Islām al-Majāzī):