they held fast to the fact that they said the existence of the world was possible before its existence since it is impossible for it to be impossible and then become possible. this possibility has no beginning that is it has always been established and the world has always been possible since there is no way in which the world can be described as impossible. so if possibility has always been possible then the possible in accordance with possibility has also never been possible. the meaning of our saying that its existence is possible is that its existence is not impossible. so if its existence is always possible then its existence is never impossible. otherwise if its existence is always impossible then our saying that its existence is always possible is invalid. if our saying that its existence is always possible is invalid then our saying that possibility has always been invalid. if our saying that possibility has always been invalid then our saying that possibility has a beginning is valid. if it is valid that it has a beginning it was not possible before that which leads to establishing a state in which the world was not possible and god was not able to do it.
تمسكوا بأن قالوا وجود العالم ممكن قبل وجوده، إذ يستحيل أن يكون ممتنعا ثم يصير ممكنا، وهذا الإمكان لا أول له، أي لم يزل ثابتا ولم يزل العالم ممكنا وجوده، إذ لا حال من الأحوال يمكن أن يوصف العالم فيه بأنه ممتنع الوجود. فإذا كان الإمكان لم يزل فالممكن على وفق الإمكان أيضا لم يزل، فإن معنى قولنا أنه ممكن وجوده أنه ليس محالا وجوده. فإذا كان ممكنا وجوده أبدا لم يكن محالا وجوده أبدا، وإلا فإن كان محالا وجوده أبدا بطل قولنا إنه ممكن وجوده أبدا، وإن بطل قولنا إنه ممكن وجوده أبدا بطل قولنا إن الإمكان لم يزل، وإن بطل قولنا إن الإمكان لم يزل صح قولنا إن الإمكان له أول، وإذا صح أن له أولا كان قبل ذلك غير ممكن، فيؤدي إلى إثبات حال لم يكن العالم ممكنا ولا كان الله عليه قادرا.