An eternal will relating to a temporal event raises an apparent difficulty: if the will is eternal, why is the willed object not eternal too?
The Māturīdī response distinguishes the beginninglessness of the attribute from the time at which its object occurs. An eternal will specifies that a possible thing exists at its own time; it need not specify an everlasting creature.
The object of will may be not merely “existence” but “existence at this time.” Hence the inference that an eternal will must have an eternal effect assumes precisely what the position disputes.