The world's createdness or eternity

The question of whether the world is originated or eternal is a debate that al-Masudi presents in Muruj al-dhahab. In it he sets out the views of the Indian sects and of groups of Greeks, astronomers, and naturalists, and then gives his own proof that the world is originated. ²

Al-Masudi transmits from the Indian sects and groups of Greeks and astronomers that the world is eternal, and that the motion that shapes individuals, once it has traversed its course and returned to where it began, restores everything to its form. ²

He mentions the view of the naturalists: the cause of existence is heat and moisture, and the cause of corruption is cold and dryness; and that when nature was unable to preserve individuals, it turned to reproduction. ²

Al-Masudi argues for origination from the presence of finitude and beginning in the parts of the world. He says that existing things must have an originator who has no shape and no like. ²

Al-Masudi transmits that the Jews claimed the age of the world to be six thousand years, that the Christians followed their way, and that the Harranian Sabians and the Kaymariyya held the view of the Greeks. ²

What is not recorded here: the views of other theologians on the question. It needs a further source.