 if it is said there is a difference between the two matters which is that the whole emanated from its essence due to its knowledge of the whole so the representation of the whole system is the cause of the overflow of the whole and it has no beginning other than knowledge of the whole and knowledge of the whole is the same as its essence. if it did not have knowledge of the whole the whole would not have existed from it unlike the light from the sun.
فإن قيل بين الأمرين فرق وهو إن صدر الكل عن ذاته بسبب علمه بالكل فتمثل النظام الكلي هو سبب فيضان الكل ولا مبدأ له سوى العلم بالكل والعلم بالكل عين ذاته فلو لم يكن له علم بالكل لما وجد منه الكل بخلاف النور من الشمس.