This section relies purely on revelation (since reason cannot independently know the details of the afterlife). Al-Nasafi affirms:

“Wa laysa li’l-‘abadi khalqun li-fi’lihi / Lakin lahu kasbun wa tawfiqun min Allah” Translation: “The servant does not create his own actions, rather he has acquisition (kasb) , and success is from Allah.”

The treatise covers the fundamental "standard" beliefs of Islam, structured to address complex philosophical questions with clarity: Epistemology

Al-Nasafi’s genius was to condense the complex Maturidi arguments into a digestible, rhymed format that could be taught in madrasas from Cairo to Istanbul to Lahore.

Al-Nasafi begins by stating that humans know reality through three channels:

Regarding Kalam (Speech), al-Nasafi affirms the Maturidi position that God’s speech is an eternal attribute (meaning God has always been speaking). The Qur’an is the expression ( ‘ibarah ) of that eternal speech in Arabic. This avoids the Mu’tazili claim that the Qur’an is created while also avoiding the anthropomorphic claim that sound and letters exist with God eternally.