we have refrained from stating our argument in what is included in this book of ours limiting ourselves to the fact that the truth is sufficient in its manifestation selfevident and independent of being proven by anything else since it is only proven by an apparent meaning from an inner meaning and by an essence by an accident and there is no need to prove by an inner meaning from an apparent meaning.
وقد كنا ممسكين عن القول بحجتنا فيما تضمنه كتابنا هذا اقتصارا على أن الحق مكتف بظهوره، مبين عن نفسه، مستغن عن أن يستدل عليه بغيره؛ إذ كان إنما يستدل بظاهر على باطن، وعلى الجوهر بالعرض، ولا يحتاج أن يستدل بباطن على ظاهر.