 Of course, Averroes was wrong with his new interpretation of Aristotle but the new interpretation helped him to design his vision of the universe, and to counter the attacks of the Ashʻarite theologians against the eternity of creation. If a particular motion precedes another one, the resulting succession, or  continuity,[15]  is purely accidental for Averroes and it is no basis for the argumentation conducted by al-Fārābī, Avempace, etc. On the contrary the eternal motion of the heavenly spheres possesses continuity per se, while the rest of motions possess accidentally. 