Abū Hāshim and other Mu'tazilites, namely, that when a body comes into existence, it is neither in motion nor at rest.

He objected to this by setting out an exhaustive division, saying:

“If motion means moving from one region to another, and rest means remaining in a region after being in a region, then a body, when it comes into existence, is neither in motion nor at rest. If this is not the case, then his claim that rest is something positively existent is invalid, for he based it on the premise that rest means occupying a region after having already been in that same region.”

Continuation of al-Āmidī’s discussion

Al-Āmidī said:

“If it is argued, ‘We are speaking only of a body at the second instant, and at the second instant a body cannot be devoid of motion and rest, according to the definitions given,’ then this is a manifestly absurd claim. For if the discussion concerns a body only at the second instant, its existence at that second instant is not its initial state. In that case, it does not follow that