 if it is said if we were to decide that he knows only himself that would be extremely heinous because others know themselves and he knows him and he knows others so he would be above him in nobility. how could the effect be more noble than the cause?
فإن قيل لو قضينا بأنه لا يعرف إلا نفسه لكان ذلك في غاية الشناعة فإن غيره يعرف نفسه ويعرفه ويعرف غيره فيكون في الشرف فوقه كيف يكون المعلول أشرف من العلة؟