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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 124
As to one saying that the world is an originated phenomenon,
its proof is found in the fact that bodies are not independent
of motion and rest. Both states are originated phenomena;
and whatever is not independent of originated things is itself
originated.
The proof consists of three claims: The first is that bodies
are not independent of motion and rest. This is readily understood
and requires neither meditation nor thinking, for he
who conceives of a body being in neither the kinetic state nor
in the static state is both ignorant and foolish.
The second assertion is our saying that both motion and rest
are originated phenomena, the proof of which is found in their
alternation and in the ap- pearance of the one after the
its proof is found in the fact that bodies are not independent
of motion and rest. Both states are originated phenomena;
and whatever is not independent of originated things is itself
originated.
The proof consists of three claims: The first is that bodies
are not independent of motion and rest. This is readily understood
and requires neither meditation nor thinking, for he
who conceives of a body being in neither the kinetic state nor
in the static state is both ignorant and foolish.
The second assertion is our saying that both motion and rest
are originated phenomena, the proof of which is found in their
alternation and in the ap- pearance of the one after the