it is present nonexistent and eternal and renewed since some of it has passed and some of it will be renewed. and it is said to him why did you claim that the movement of the heavens is one movement? if he says because there is no rest between them and every movement that is not separated by rest is one it is said to him is it not one and that some of it has passed and some of it has not passed? so there must be a yes.
فهي موجودة معدومة وباقية مستأنفة إذ كان منها ما قد مضى ومنها ما يستأنف. ويقال له لم زعمت أن حركة الفلك حركة واحدة؟ فإن قال لأنه لا سكون بينها وكل حركة لا يفصلها سكون فهي واحدة، قيل له أليس هي واحدة وإن منها ما قد مضى ومنها ما لم يمض؟ فلا بد من نعم.