lies within His power, as does His act that subsists in His essence. His power subsists in the locus of this object that is not separate from Him, rather than in that of the separate object.

There are differing views concerning whether the object of power exists within the locus of power or outside it:

Some say that both eternal power and newly arising power exist in the locus of their object. This is the position of the leading scholars of Ahl al-Hadīth, the Karrāmiyyah and others.

Others say that both kinds of power exist outside the locus of their object, such as the Jahmiyyah, the Muʿtazilah and others.

Still others say that newly arising power exists only in the locus of its object, whereas eternal power does not exist in the locus of its object. These are the Kullābiyyah and those who agree with them.

They also disagree over whether both kinds of power, or either one of them, can relate to objects both within their own locus and outside it.

The point here is that the counterargument he presented against them is valid. However, many scholars of hadith, speculative theology and philosophy, as well as others, maintain the same position concerning what lies within power as they do concerning what is received. They hold that an endless succession of newly arising things is possible, though some restrict this possibility to things that lie within power.