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The_Foundations_of_the_Islamic_Belief, page : 107
He is the First and the Last, the Visible and the Invisible, since that whose eternity is
established His end
is impossible. Its proof lies in the realization that if it came to nothing it is inevitable that
it should come
to nothing either by Himself or by an opponent.
And if it were possible for a thing, which is conceived of as self-subsisting, to come to nothing,
it will be
possible for a thing, which is conceived of as self-annihilating, to come into being. And just as
the
sudden emergence of existence requires a cause, so does the emergence of extinction require a cause.
That it will come to nothing through an opposing annihilating agency is false, because if that
annihilating
agency were ancient, existence side by side with it would be inconceivable. But we have learnt in
the
two previous principles of His Existence and His Eternity. How did He exist together with the
claimed
opponent in eternity? If, however, the annihilating opponent were an originated phenomenon, its
established His end
is impossible. Its proof lies in the realization that if it came to nothing it is inevitable that
it should come
to nothing either by Himself or by an opponent.
And if it were possible for a thing, which is conceived of as self-subsisting, to come to nothing,
it will be
possible for a thing, which is conceived of as self-annihilating, to come into being. And just as
the
sudden emergence of existence requires a cause, so does the emergence of extinction require a cause.
That it will come to nothing through an opposing annihilating agency is false, because if that
annihilating
agency were ancient, existence side by side with it would be inconceivable. But we have learnt in
the
two previous principles of His Existence and His Eternity. How did He exist together with the
claimed
opponent in eternity? If, however, the annihilating opponent were an originated phenomenon, its