Since our discussion has reached this point I see it fitting to make mention of the point of the book and the number of its treatises. After this I will elaborate each subject. I will begin with what is known on the subject from the words of the prophets. After this, I will bring intellectual proofs [of these things] as I explained earlier. The number of treatises in this book are 10:

1. That the world and everything in it is created.

2. That the Creator is one.

3. Concerning commandments and prohibitions.

4. Concerning worship of God and rebellion against him.

5. Concerning merit and demerit.

6. Concerning the soul, death and what happens afterwards.

7. Concerning the resurrection of the dead.

8. Concerning the redemption of the children of Israel.

9. Concerning retribution and punishment.

10. Concerning what it is good for a person to do in his life.

I will begin each treatise with what God has informed us about it and whatever support it has within reason. I will then make mention of those who stray from it and their arguments as they have been reached me. I will mention the thesis as well as the responses to it and will then conclude with proofs from prophecy concerning the matter addressed by the treatise. I ask of God that he guide me, and all those who look into [this book] in the correct path and bring me to my desire for Him and his saints for he is listening and ever-near.

Thus ends the introduction.