Q. Do we not believe in any other God?
A. Whoever believes in any other God but this, is an infidel, and shall suffer the punishment of hell.
Q. What is the form of our God?
A. Our God has neither face nor form, colour nor shape, nor fixed place. There is no other like him. He is himself singly such a glory that we cannot, praise or describe him; nor our mind comprehend him.
So far, no one could object to this Catechism, and it must be clear that the Dualism, which is generally mentioned as the distinguishing feature of the Persian religion—the belief in two Gods, Ormuzd, the principle of good, and Ahriman, the principle of evil—is not countenanced by the modern Parsis. Whether it exists in the Zend-Avesta is another question, which, however, cannot be discussed at present.[51]
The Catechism continues:
Q. What is our religion?
A. Our religion is 'Worship of God.'
Q. Whence did we receive our religion?
A. God's true prophet—the true Zurthost (Zoroaster) Asphantamân Anoshirwân—brought the religion to us from God.