The result (ḥāṣil) of our efforts to recognize the condition of bodies

Consequently, the proper doctrine is that a body is not a compo-site (murrakab) of elements and that in reality (i.e. in its natural state) a body does not essentially have an element until it is made to have one (tā nakunandash , i.e. until its natural state is altered artificially) since it would otherwise have elements without limit in number and without measure (andāza). ¹