لتحقيقfor establishing برهانthe proof الوجودof existence مطالبrequisites
لتحقيق برهان الوجود مطالب
محصّلهاtheir total سبعseven فَخُذْso take كَشْفَthe dispelling لَبْسِهِof its obscurity
محصّلها سبع فَخُذْ كَشْفَ لَبْسِهِ
Establishing the proof of existence has its requisites;
They number seven; so take this clarification of its obscurity.
فأوّلهاso the first of them فيin العّدthe count إثباتُestablishing زائدsomething additional
فأوّلها في العّد إثباتُ زائد
وثانيهاand the second of them إبطالrefuting القيامsubsistence بنفسهby itself
وثانيها إبطال القيام بنفسه
The first in the count is to establish something additional;
And the second, to rule out its subsisting by itself.
وثالثهاand the third of them فيin العدّthe count إثباتestablishing نقلةa transition
وثالثها في العدّ إثبات نقلة
ورابعand the fourth إبطالrefuting الكمونlatency وعكسِهand its opposite
ورابع إبطال الكمون وعكسِه
And the third in the count, to establish a transition;
And the fourth, to refute latency and its opposite.
وإبطالand refuting عدمnonexistence للقديمfor what is beginningless وسادسand the sixth
وإبطال عدم للقديم وسادس
لزومnecessary presence مزيدsomething additional فيin المحلّthe substrate لجنسهof its kind
لزوم مزيد في المحلّ لجنسه
And to rule out nonexistence for the beginningless; and the sixth is
The necessary presence of something additional of its kind in the substrate.
وإبطالand refuting تجويزthe possibility التسلسلinfinite regress سابعthe seventh
وإبطال تجويز التسلسل سابع
فَزَاحِمْso vie بحفظby memorizing العلمknowledge وَاعْنَand apply yourself بدرسهto its study
فَزَاحِمْ بحفظ العلم وَاعْنَ بدرسه
And the seventh is to rule out the possibility of infinite regress;
So vie in memorizing knowledge, and apply yourself to its study.
Sol 6.1