let it be so in the first principle for it necessitates multiplicity and necessitates quadrature not trinity as they claim for it is its essence and its mind is its principle and it is possible to exist by itself. it can be added that it is necessary to exist by something other than itself so a quintuple appears and by this the depth of these peoples obsession is recognized.
فليكن كذلك في المبدأ الأول فيلزم منه كثرة ويلزم فيه تربيع لا تثليث بزعمهم، فإنه ذاته وعقله مبدأه وإنه ممكن الوجود بذاته. ويمكن أن يزاد أنه واجب الوجود بغيره فيظهر تخميس، وبهذا يتعرف تعمق هؤلاء في الهوس.