 and what is beneficial among them are the purely rational sciences which are knowledge of god his attributes his angels his books and how things come into existence from him and what is beyond that if it is a means to him then it is beneficial for his sake and if it is not a means to him such as grammar language and poetry.
والنافع من جملته العلوم العقلية المحضة وهي العلم بالله وصفاته وملائكته وكتبه وكيفية وجود الأشياء منه وما وراء ذلك إن كان وسيلة إليه، فهو نافع لأجله وإن لم يكن وسيلة إليه كالنحو واللغة والشعر