praise be to god who has shown his servants the path of praise and thanks to him and has opened for them through the thanks he has prepared for them additional doors and has bestowed upon them reason which he has made a protection for their religion and a pillar and foundation for their worldly affairs and has endowed them with speech which he has made a distinction between them and dumb beasts and cattle.
الحمد لله الذي نهج لعباده بما دلهم عليه من حمده وسبيل شكره وأشرع لهم بما هيأهم له من شكره أبواب مزيدة ومن عليهم بالعقل الذي جعله لدينهم عصمة ولدنياهم عمادا وقائمة وحباهم بالنطق الذي جعله فرقا بينهم وبين البهائم العجم والأنعام البكم