 if he said he did by choice then it is a repetition of the truth like his saying he wanted and he knows what he wanted. however since it was imagined that it could be said he did which is a metaphor and it could be said he did which is a reality the soul would not be repelled by his saying he did by choice and its meaning was he did a real action not a metaphor like the saying of the speaker he spoke with his tongue and looked with his eye for since it is permissible to use looking in the heart as a metaphor and speech in moving the head and hand so that it is said he said with his head meaning yes it is not considered ugly to say he said with his tongue.
وإذا قال فعل بالاختيار فهو تكرير على التحقيق كقوله أراد وهو عالم بما أراده. إلا أنه لما تصور أن يقال فعل وهو مجاز ويقال فعل وهو حقيقة لم تنفر النفس عن قوله فعل بالاختيار وكان معناه فعل فعلا حقيقيا لا مجازيا كقول القائل تكلم بلسانه ونظر بعينه فإنه لما جاز أن يستعمل النظر في القلب مجازا والكلام في تحريك الرأس واليد حتى يقال قال برأسه أي نعم، لم يستقبح أن يقال قال بلسانه