so praise be to god abundantly for his comprehensive good management and his allencompassing kindness of decree until every class of his creation has attained its share of benefit and every type has received its share of comfort and benefit. he has not missed out on the beauty of his creation whether small or great but has bestowed upon them all from his abundant blessings and comprehensive gifts by which their conditions have been improved their shortcomings have been made complete and their weakness has been strengthened. then he has singled out the children of adam with special characteristics of his blessings by which he has favored them over many of his creation making them the best of creation their natures the most perfect their composition the most just their livelihood the most comfortable and their striving in their destination the most suitable striving. to the contented minds with which he provided them and the sound dreams with which he supported them and the good manners with which he clothed them in beauty and the noble morals with which he adorned them with honor along with the distinction with which he showed them the difference between good and evil and the difference between error and guidance and the superiority between the maker and the made the owner and the owned the ruler and the ruled until this became a path for them to knowledge between the creator and the created and a clear path to confirming the eternal maker except for the denial of stubbornness or obvious obstinacy.
فالحمد لله حمدا كثيرا على ما عم من حسن تدبيره وشمل من لطف تقديره حتى حاز كل صنف من أصناف خلقه حظه من المصلحة واستوفى كل نوع سهمه من المرفق والمنفعة فلم يفت جميل صنعه صغيرا ولا كبيرا بل أفاض عليهم جميعا من سوابغ نعمه وشوامل مواهبه ما صلحت به أحوالهم وتم بمكانه نقصهم وقوي من أجله عجزهم ثم خص بني آدم بخصائص من نعمه فضلهم بها على كثير من خلقه فجعلهم أحسن الخلق وطبائعهم أكمل الطبائع وتركيبهم أعدل التركيب ومعيشتهم أنعم المعاش وسعيهم في منقلبهم أرد السعي إلى العقول الرضية التي أمدهم بها والأحلام الراجحة التي أيدهم بفضلها والآداب الحسنة التي ألبسهم جمالها والأخلاق الكريمة التي زينهم بشرفها مع التمييز الذي أراهم به فرق ما بين الخير والشر وخلاف ما بين الغي والرشد وفضل ما بين الصانع والمصنوع والمالك والمملوك والسائس والمسوس حتى صار ذلك طريقا لهم إلى المعرفة ما بين الخالق والمخلوق وسبيلا واضحا إلى تثبيت الصانع القديم إلا جحود عناد أو مكابرة عيان