 Also, his criticism of the Persian translation of the "Yoga Vasistha" indicates he was familiar with Sanskrit.He was also a poet and composed a long philosophical ode (qaṣida ḥekmiya) in imitation of and response to the Persian Ismaʿili thinker Nasir Khusraw.His best-known work is titled "al-Resāla al-ṣenāʿiya", an examination of the arts and professions within an ideal society.