 i am not certain may god make me your ransom that these books which i am concerned with composing and which i am meticulous in arranging will be presented to you by someone who has donned the garb of falsehood in claiming to have written something similar to them and has attributed to himself the power over their counterparts and the knowledge of what is close to them if not their brother then their cousin and has satiated himself with what god has not fed him from them.
ولست آمن جعلني الله فداك أن تكون هذه الكتب التي أعنى بتأليفها، وأتأنق في ترصيفها، يتولى عرضها عليك من قد لبس لباس الزور في انتحال وضع مثلها، ونسب نفسه إلى القوة على نظائرها، والمعرفة بما يقاربها، إن لم يكن أخاها فابن عمها، وتشبع بما لم يطعمه الله منها.