It may then be said:

Does this entail that these events are in a direction relative to Him, or not? The argument is invalid on either supposition, as explained above.

If they say instead, “The world is necessarily existent in itself,” then they have affirmed that events arise from what is eternal and necessarily existent in itself, and that they inhere in it, since events inhere in the celestial spheres themselves. Thus, every argument offered for the contrary is invalid, for the truth of one of two contradictory propositions entails the falsity of the other. If the entailed consequence—which is the conclusion—is false, all the arguments that entail it are invalid.

This response is better than al-Āmidī’s response:

“It is impossible for one who is not in a direction to intend something that is in a direction.”

For all those among the speculative theologians who deny direction say that the Lord, Exalted is He, intends created things that are in a direction. The intention comes from Him, yet in their view He is not in a direction.

Rather, a decisive response is:

If it is possible for one who is not in a direction to intend something in a direction, the first premise of the objection is false. If it is impossible, the second premise is false.