If the source of all being can itself function as a kind of material principle in emanationist metaphysics, the strict separation of material causation from the First Being becomes theoretically contestable.

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Emanationism or emanationist metaphysics(as used in metaphysics): A philosophical view that everything in existence flows outward from a single, perfect source (like light radiating from a sun), rather than being created separately.
First Being(Fârâbî's metaphysics; the First Being is the ultimate principle from which all else derives.): A being that is 'first' in the sense that nothing is prior to it — not dependent on anything for its existence or continuation in existence.
Material causation(as used in metaphysics): The idea that something causes change by being the physical stuff involved—for example, clay is the material cause of a pot because the pot is made from it.
Material principle(as used in metaphysics): In philosophy, the basic substance or stuff from which something is made—like how wood is the material principle of a table.

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