the past or the future; and its existence in the present is indivisible, for otherwise the present would be both past and future. If motion cannot be divided infinitely, neither can the distance over which it occurs. Thus, the body constituting that distance cannot be infinitely divisible.

He countered this with ten objections, such as the distinction between right and left, the divisibility of a part placed over two other parts, and other arguments. He then said in reply: “As for the objections they have raised, know that we are inclined to suspend judgment on this question because the proofs conflict. For Imām al-Haramayn explicitly stated in his book al-Talkhīs on