Ḥayyiz (spatial region or occupation) and makān (place) are closely related but not always equivalent technical terms. Some theologians use ḥayyiz for the putative region occupied by a body, whether or not it is enclosed by another object.
Other definitions of makān stress the containing surface or the particular relation of a body to a surrounding body. Under such definitions, a scholar might speak of spatial occupation yet deny place in a narrower technical sense.
A sound argument must first identify which meaning of “region” and “place” is being used instead of treating every occurrence as interchangeable.