the second art is his saying even if we do not say that the first is the willer of events nor that everything is a temporal occurrence we say that it is his action and it has been found from him except that he has not ceased to be in the quality of agents so he has not ceased to be an agent so we do not differ from others except in this amount. as for the origin of the action no. and if the agent is necessary knowing by agreement his action then everything according to us is from his action.
الفن الثاني قوله إنا وإن لم نقل إن الأول مريد الأحداث ولا إن الكل حادث حدوثا زمانيا، فإنا نقول إنه فعله وقد وجد منه إلا أنه لم يزل بصفة الفاعلين فلم يزل فاعلا فلا نفارق غيرنا إلا في هذا القدر، وأما في أصل الفعل فلا، وإذا وجب الفاعل عالما بالاتفاق فعله فالكل عندنا من فعله.