rather if they had established in the first effect which is the cause of the maximum mass according to them a principle of specialization such as will for example the question would not have been interrupted since it would be said why did he will this amount and not another? just as they obligated the muslims to do in their attribution of things to the eternal will and we have turned that against them in determining the direction of the movement of the heavens and in determining the points of the two poles.
بل لو أثبتوا في المعلول الأول الذي هو علة الجرم الأقصى عندهم مبدأ للتخصيص مثل إرادة مثلا لم ينقطع السؤال إذ يقال ولم أراد هذا المقدار دون غيره؟ كما ألزموه على المسلمين في إضافتهم الأشياء إلى الإرادة القديمة، وقد قلبنا عليهم ذلك في تعين جهة حركة السماء وفي تعين نقطتي القطبين.