we only want to object now to their claim to know that the soul is an entity that exists by itself through the proofs of reason. we do not object to the objection of those who distance this from the power of god or who see that the shariah came with the opposite of it. rather we may show in detailing the resurrection and spreading that the shariah confirms it but we deny their claim that the mind alone indicates it and that there is no need for the shariah in it.
وإنما نريد أن نعترض الآن على دعواهم معرفة كون النفس جوهرا قائما بنفسه ببراهين العقل. ولسنا نعترض اعتراض من يبعد ذلك من قدرة الله أو يرى أن الشرع جاء بنقيضه بل ربما نبين في تفصيل الحشر والنشر أن الشرع مصدق له، ولكنا ننكر دعواهم دلالة مجرد العقل عليه والاستغناء عن الشرع فيه.