 it is false to say it was destroyed by power because nonexistence is not a thing so that it can be imagined to occur by power. this is exactly what they mentioned in the issue of the eternity of the world and we have established it and spoken about it.
وباطل أن يقال تفنى بالقدرة، إذ العدم ليس شيئا حتى يتصور وقوعه بالقدرة وهذا عين ما ذكروه في مسألة أبدية العالم وقد قررناه وتكلمنا عليه.