Scenario: A person argues that because the universe came into being at a particular time, Allah’s power must also have arisen then.
Governing principle: The temporal beginning of creation does not imply that Allah acquired power at that time. The attribute is eternal even when a created effect begins.
Sound application: The thing brought into existence is temporal. Its beginning is compatible with the Creator’s eternal attribute.
Limit of the conclusion: Do not conflate an effect with the divine attribute: the relation of Creator to creation is not identity between the two.