if it is said we mean by god being an agent that he is the cause of the existence of every existent other than him and that the world is sustained by him and were it not for the existence of the creator the existence of the world would not be conceivable and if the nonexistence of the creator were assumed the world would cease to exist just as if the nonexistence of the sun were assumed it would cease to exist.
فإن قيل نحن نعني بكون الله فاعلا أنه سبب لوجود كل موجود سواه وأن العالم قوامه به، ولولا وجود البارئ لما تصور وجود العالم، ولو قدر عدم البارئ لانعدم العالم، كما لو قدر عدم الشمس لانعدم