 if it is said the world as a whole does not issue from god without an intermediary rather what issues from him is one being which is the first of the creations and it is an abstract intellect that is it is a substance that exists by itself and is not localized that knows itself and knows its beginning and it is expressed in the language of the sharia as the kingdom then a third issues from him and a fourth from the third and the beings multiply through intermediary.
فإن قيل العالم بجملته ليس صادرا من الله بغير واسطة، بل الصادر منه موجود واحد هو أول المخلوقات وهو عقل مجرد، أي هو جوهر قائم بنفسه غير متحيز يعرف نفسه ويعرف مبدأه ويعبر عنه في لسان الشرع بالملك، ثم يصدر منه الثالث ومن الثالث رابع وتكثر الموجودات بالتوسط.