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The_Foundations_of_the_Islamic_Belief, page : 103
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 appearance of the one after the other is gone. This
is true
of all bodies, those that have been seen as well as those that have not been seen. For there is
not a
static object the potential motion of which is not required by the mind, and there is no moving
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 appearance of the one after the other is gone. This
is true
of all bodies, those that have been seen as well as those that have not been seen. For there is
not a
static object the potential motion of which is not required by the mind, and there is no moving