this is as you said about hearing and sight and knowledge of the particulars that fall under time for you agreed with all the philosophers that god is exalted above it and that the changes that fall within time divided into what was and what will be are not known by the first because that necessitates a change in his essence and an effect and there is no deficiency in negating that from him rather it is perfection and the deficiency is in the senses and the need for them and were it not for the deficiency of man he would not need senses to guard him from what he is exposed to change by.
وهذا كما قلت في السمع والبصر وفي العلم بالجزئيات الداخلة تحت الزمان فإنك وافقت سائر الفلاسفة بأن الله منزه عنه وأن المتغيرات الداخلة في الزمان المنقسمة إلى ما كان ويكون لا يعرفه الأول لأن ذلك يوجب تغيرا في ذاته وتأثرا، ولم يكن في سلب ذلك عنه نقصان بل هو كمال وإنما النقصان في الحواس والحاجة إليها، ولولا نقصان الآدمي لما احتاج إلى حواس لتحرسه عما يتعرض للتغير به.