[The World ]1

وَالْعَالَمُ بِجمِيعِ أَجْزَائِهِ مُحْدَثٌ؛ إِذْ هُوَ أَعْيَانٌ وَأَعْرَاضٌ.

009- Further, the world (ʿālam) in all its parts is [a thing] originated (muḥdath), since it consists of substances (aʿyān) and accidents (aʿrāḍ).

 

  1. Elder, Earl Edgar, A Commentary on the Creed of Islam. NY: Columbia University Press, 1950, p. 28 with modifications