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-"Wilāya" (Arabic:{{ia|الولاية}}) and its paronyms, literally meaning guardianship, are widely used in the holy [[Qur'an]] to mean administration and authority. Wilaya is sometimes an act by [[God]], which is the same as [[monotheism]] and counts as a Divine Attribute. Such a wilaya, which is known as [[creative wilaya]] consisting in a causal relationship between the creator and creatures, is exclusively attributed to God. Wilaya is essential to God. Thus, wilaya of some [[prophets]] and [[Infallible Imams]] is a manifestation of God's wilaya.
+'''Wilāya''' (Arabic:{{ia|الولاية}}) and its paronyms, literally meaning guardianship, are widely used in the holy [[Qur'an]] to mean administration and authority. Wilaya is sometimes an act by [[God]], which is the same as [[monotheism]] and counts as a Divine Attribute. Such a wilaya, which is known as [[creative wilaya]] consisting in a causal relationship between the creator and creatures, is exclusively attributed to God. Wilaya is essential to God. Thus, wilaya of some [[prophets]] and [[Infallible Imams]] is a manifestation of God's wilaya.
 Sometimes wilaya is legislative (or tashri'i) and conventional, that is, making the laws of the created world. This type of wilaya is also exclusive to God.