is it permissible for him to extend his hands or not? if he says no it is said what prevents him? if he says yes it is said so if his hand moves does it move in anything? if they say yes it is said this is my opinion. if they say no it is said to them so if his hand moves but not in anything why does it not touch anything? and it is said to the one who uses this as an excuse what do you deny that if we imagine the seer standing on the edge of the world he does not see anything if it does not appear to him? as for extending his hand some people have said that it is not permissible not because there is an obstacle preventing him but because it is impossible for him to move but not in anything because movement is a severance of a place so if there is no place there is no severance. others have said that if it is permissible for his hand to move but not in a place then it is permissible for the place to be nullified and the hand to move. as for those who claim that the world is one and that after that there is an infinite element i have not found a reason for them but it is said to them what do you deny that there are infinite worlds beyond that element and that void?
فهل يجوز أن يخرج يديه أم لا؟ فإن قال لا قيل فما الذي يمنعه؟ وإن قال نعم قيل فإذا تحركت يده فهل تتحرك في شئ؟ فإن قالوا نعم قيل هذا قولي، وإن قالوا لا قيل لهم فإذا تحركت يده لا في شئ فلم لا يماس شيئا؟ ويقال لمن اعتل بهذا ما تنكرون من أن يكون الرائي إذا توهمنا واقفا على حد العالم لا يرى شيئا إذا كان لا يترائى له؟ وأما ليخرج يده فقد قال قوم أنه لا يجوز ليس لأن مانعا يمنعه ولكن لأنه محال تحركه لا في شئ لأن الحركة قطع لمكان فإذا لم يكن مكان فلا قطع، وقال آخرون إن جاز أن تتحرك يده لا في مكان فجائز أن يبطل المكان وتتحرك اليد وأما من زعم أن العالم واحد وبعد ذلك عنصر لا نهاية له فلم أقف لهم على علة، ولكن يقال لهم ما تنكرون من أن يكون عوالم لا نهاية لها وراء ذلك العنصر وذلك الخلاء؟