we said your brothers disagreed with you on this for they said his essence is an essence from which the existence of all things is necessitated in its order by nature and necessity not from the point of view that he is aware of them. so what is the reason for this doctrine even if you agree with them on the denial of will? and why is the suns knowledge of the light not a condition for the necessity of light but rather the light necessarily follows it? so let that be estimated in the first place and there is no objection to it.
قلنا وفي هذا خالفك إخوانك فإنهم قالوا ذاته ذات يلزم منه وجود الكل على ترتيبه بالطبع والاضطرار لا من حيث أنه عالم بها، فما المحيل لهذا المذهب مهما وافقتهم على نفي الإرادة؟ ولما لم يشترط علم الشمس بالنور للزوم النور بل يتبعه النور ضرورة؟ فليقدر ذلك في الأول ولا مانع منه.