likewise we understand from the will a request for knowledge. if we assume a request without knowledge then there is no will and so it negates what we have understood. it is impossible for knowledge to be created in an inanimate object because we understand from an inanimate object that which is not perceived. if perception is created in it then calling it inanimate in the sense that we have understood is impossible. if it is not perceived then calling it something created knowledge without its place being perceived at all is impossible. this is the reason for its impossibility.
وكذلك نفهم من الإرادة طلب معلوم فإن فرض طلب ولا علم لم تكن إرادة فكان فيه نفي ما فهمناه. والجماد يستحيل أن يخلق فيه العلم لأنا نفهم من الجماد ما لا يدرك فإن خلق فيه إدراك فتسميته جمادا بالمعنى الذي فهمناه محال وإن لم يدرك فتسميته الحادث علما ولا يدرك به محله شيئا محال فهذا وجه استحالته.