it is said if you meant by necessary being that he has no effective cause then why did you say that? and why is it impossible to say just as the essence of necessary being is eternal and has no agent so too his attribute is eternal with him and has no agent? and if you meant by necessary being
فيقال إن أردت بواجب الوجود أنه ليس له علة فاعلية، فلم قلت ذلك؟ ولم استحال أن يقال كما أن ذات واجب الوجود قديم لا فاعل له فكذلك صفته قديمة معه ولا فاعل لها؟ وإن أردت بواجب الوجود