then you know what we were in of rejecting the testimonies of the monotheists and frightening the scholars of the theologians. were it not for theology gods religion would not have been established and we would not have been free of the atheists and there would have been no difference between falsehood and truth nor a separation between the prophet and the prophetess nor would the argument have been distinguished from the trick nor the evidence from the doubt.
ثم قد علمت ما كنا فيه من إسقاط شهادات الموحدين وإخافة علماء المتكلمين. ولولا الكلام لم يقم لله دين، ولم نبن من الملحدين، ولم يكن بين الباطل والحق فرق، ولا بين النبي والمتنبي فصل، ولا بانت الحجة من الحيلة، والدليل من الشبهة.