He said:

“For this reason, some of them said: ‘His seeing arises in time.’”

Al-Hārith al-Muhāsibī chose the other position and interpreted the scriptural texts as meaning that what is new is the time at which the thing willed occurs, not the will itself. He said:

“Likewise, he interpreted His words, ‘We are with you, listening,’ and His words, ‘So Allah will see your deeds,’ as referring to the coming into existence of what is heard and seen. Similarly, he interpreted the words of the Most High, ‘until We know’ (Muhammad: 31), as meaning: until what is known comes into existence, without any knowledge, sight, or hearing newly arising in Allah, or any quality arising within Allah’s essence. Exalted is He above anything arising in time within Himself.”

[Muhammad ibn al-Haysam’s discussion in Jumal al-Kalām]

Muhammad ibn al-Haysam said in his book Jumal al-Kalām, when he set out the main points of