 3. a doctrine that all nations have agreed upon since god almighty created the world until the world of beginning ends and the world of reckoning punishes it that they should not rely in their efforts on anything other than it and every purpose other than it there are those among the people who do not approve of it since there are those among the people who have no religion and actually work for the afterlife and there are those among the people of evil who do not want good security or truth and there are those among the people who prefer obscurity with their whims and desires over a distant reputation and there are those among the people who do not want money and prefer its absence.
 مذهب قد اتفقت الأمم كلها مذ خلق الله تعالى العالم إلى أن يتناهى عالم الابتداء ويعاقبه عالم الحساب على أن لا يعتمدوا بسعيهم شيئا سواه، وكل غرض غيره ففي الناس من لا يستحسنه، إذ في الناس من لا دين له فعلا يعمل للآخرة، وفي الناس من أهل الشر من لا يريد الخير ولا الأمن ولا الحق، وفي الناس من يؤثر الخمول بهواه وإرادته على بعد الصيت، وفي الناس من لا يريد المال ويؤثر عدمه