 it should be known that this issue is a branch of the first for the world according to them is eternal and has no beginning to its existence and it is also eternal and has no end to its end. its corruption and annihilation are inconceivable but it has always been thus and will always be thus.
ليعلم أن هذه المسألة فرع الأولى، فإن العالم عندهم كما أنه أزلي لا بداية لوجوده فهو أبدي لا نهاية لآخره، ولا يتصور فساده وفناؤه بل لم يزل كذلك ولا يزال أيضا كذلك.