how could he when he combines toil and little misery and staying up late and a rough bed and long estrangement and long little benefit and with his knowledge that his heir is more hostile to him than his enemy and that he is more deserving of his money than his guardian has he not shown ignorance and stupidity and assumed heedlessness and foolishness then argued for that with strong meanings beautiful words excellent brevity approximation of meaning ease of way of presentation and hitting the spot so that what appeared of his meanings and explanation belied what appeared of his ignorance and deficiency. and why was it permissible for him to see with his distant and obscure mind and be oblivious to the near and great?!
وكيف، وهو الذي يجمع له بين الكد، وقلة المرزئة ٤ ، وبين السهر، وخشونة المضجع، وبين طول الاغتراب، وطول قلة الانتفاع، ومع علمه بأن وارثه أعدى له من عدوه، وأنه أحق بماله من وليه، أوليس هو أظهر الجهل والغباوة، وانتحل الغفلة والحماقة، ثم احتج لذلك بالمعاني الشداد، وبالألفاظ الحسان، وجودة الإختصار، وبتقريب المعنى، وبسهولة المخرج، وإصابة الموضع، فكان ما ظهر من معانيه وبيانه مكذبا لما ظهر من جهله ونقصانه. ولم جاز أن يبصر بعقله البعيد الغامض، ويغبى عن القريب الجليل؟!.