Introduction; The value of intelligence and what has been said about it; The incentive to employ ruses and how to carry them out; The Wisdom of God, His beneficence and the perfect way in which He organises things for the good and His servants; The ruses of angels and jinn; The ruses of prophets, may salvation be unto them!; The ruses of Caliphs, Kings and Sultans; The ruses of Viziers, Governors and administrators; The ruses of judges, honourable witnesses and attorneys; The ruses of jurisconsults; The ruses of devout men and those practising asceticism.