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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 123
task of citing proof unnecessary.
1(b) THE PROOF OF REASON FOR HIS EXISTENCE
Nevertheless, by way of preparation and following the example
of the learned theologians, we say: One of the obvious logic
of the mind is that an originated phenomenon cannot come into
existence without a cause. Since the world is an originated
phenomenon, it cannot come into existence without a cause.
As for our saying that originated phenomena cannot come into
existence without a cause, is obvious. For every originated
phenomenon belongs to a certain definite time the precedence
or the subsequence of which may be assumed. Its being definite
in time and distinct from what preceded it and what succeeded
it, will naturally require one who renders things definite.
1(b) THE PROOF OF REASON FOR HIS EXISTENCE
Nevertheless, by way of preparation and following the example
of the learned theologians, we say: One of the obvious logic
of the mind is that an originated phenomenon cannot come into
existence without a cause. Since the world is an originated
phenomenon, it cannot come into existence without a cause.
As for our saying that originated phenomena cannot come into
existence without a cause, is obvious. For every originated
phenomenon belongs to a certain definite time the precedence
or the subsequence of which may be assumed. Its being definite
in time and distinct from what preceded it and what succeeded
it, will naturally require one who renders things definite.