he knows the properties but not their accidents and so is their doctrine regarding what is divided by matter and place such as the persons of people and animals. they say he does not know the accidents of zayd amr and khalid but rather he knows the absolute human being with a general knowledge and knows his accidents and properties and that his body should be composed of limbs some of which are for striking some for walking some for perception some in pairs and some in singles and that his powers should be spread throughout his parts and so on to every attribute within the human being and his interior and everything that is of his appendages attributes and necessities so that nothing escapes his knowledge and he knows it completely.
فهو يعلم الخواص ولا يعلم عوارضها وكذى مذهبهم فيما ينقسم بالمادة والمكان كأشخاص الناس والحيوانات فإنهم يقولون لا يعلم عوارض زيد وعمرو وخالد وإنما يعلم الإنسان المطلق بعلم كلي ويعلم عوارضه وخواصه، وأنه ينبغي أن يكون بدنه مركبا من أعضاء بعضها للبطش وبعضها للمشي وبعضها للإدراك وبعضها زوج وبعضها فرد، وأن قواه ينبغي أن تكون مبثوثة في أجزائه، وهلم جرا إلى كل صفة في داخل الآدمي وباطنه وكل ما هو من لواحقه وصفاته ولوازمه حتى لا يعزب عن علمه شيء ويعلمه كليا.