And if the questioner intended by praise, here is the servant, then he designated praise for the Truth with the existence of his essence, so his beginning is the Truth that created Him by what He created. And if by praise and his beginning he meant adding the principle to praise, that is, with what praise begins, then we say by existence, whether happiness is associated with that existing thing or misery, and if by praise he means praise of praise, then his beginning is gifting. And by grace, if by the beginning of praise he means praise of the Truth, praise, or praise of the Truth itself, or praise of the Truth His creation, then praise is that it is praise, praise of Him, then its beginning is knowledge that it is praise, and if He means by it praise of the Truth itself, then its beginning is identity, for it is unseen and never appears, and if He means by it praise of the Truth is His creation, then its beginning is adding creation to Him. God Almighty and no other than Him, an