 we say people are divided into two groups the group of the people of truth who saw that the world is created and knew with certainty that the created does not exist by itself and therefore needs a maker so their doctrine of saying there is a maker is reasonable. another group the materialists saw the world as eternal as it is and did not establish a maker for it and their belief is understandable even if the evidence indicates its invalidity. as for the philosophers they saw that the world is eternal and then they established a maker for it. this doctrine in its very formulation is contradictory and does not need to be invalidated.
فنقول الناس فرقتان فرقة أهل الحق وقد رأوا أن العالم حادث وعلموا ضرورة أن الحادث لا يوجد بنفسه فافتقر إلى صانع، فيعقل مذهبهم في القول بالصانع، وفرقة أخرى هم الدهرية وقد رأوا العالم قديما كما هو عليه ولم يثبتوا له صانعا، ومعتقدهم مفهوم وإن كان الدليل يدل على بطلانه. وأما الفلاسفة فقد رأوا أن العالم قديم ثم أثبتوا له مع ذلك صانعا، وهذا المذهب بوضعه متناقض لا يحتاج فيه إلى إبطال.