we say as for the muslims since existence is confined to an event and to an eternal one and they do not have an eternal one except god and his attributes and everything else is an event from his side by his will they have a necessary premise for his knowledge for what is necessarily intended must be known to the one who wills so they built upon it that everything is known to him because everything is intended by him and is an event by his will so there is no being except that it is an event by his will and nothing remains except his essence and no matter how much it is proven that he is an intentional and knowledgeable one who wills he is necessarily alive and every living thing knows other than itself so it is more deserving of knowing itself so everything became known to them to god and they knew him by this path after it became clear to them that he is an intentional one who wills to create the world.
فنقول أما المسلمون، لما انحصر عندهم الوجود في حادث وفي قديم ولم يكن عندهم قديم إلا الله وصفاته وكان. ما عداه حادثا من جهته بإرادته، حصل عندهم مقدمة ضرورية في علمه، فإن المراد بالضرورة لا بد وأن يكون معلوما للمريد، فبنوا عليه أن الكل معلوم له لأن الكل مراد له وحادث بإرادته، فلا كائن إلا وهو حادث بإرادته ولم يبق إلا ذاته، ومهما ثبت أنه مريد عالم بما أراده فهو حي بالضرورة وكل حي يعرف غيره، فهو بأن يعرف ذاته أولى، فصار الكل عندهم معلوما لله وعرفوه بهذا الطريق بعد أن بان لهم أنه مريد لإحداث العالم.