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بخش ۵۵ - صفة مقادیر ابروج والکواکب السیّارة / Section 55 - On the Description of the Sizes of the Constellations and the Wandering Stars

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غافلند این منجمان از کار
نیست در کارشان دل بیدار

همه را زرق و حیلت است آلت
نیست از علم و حلمشان عدت

شمس کز کره هست در مقدار
ز صد و بیست و چار بار شمار

خانه او را اسد نهادستند
دور دور از خرد فتادستند

زهره کز ربع کره بیگانه ست
ثور و میزان ورا چرا خانه ست

نیست تیر از کره یکی اجزا
با دو خانه است سنبله و جوزا

نیست در کارشان بسی تمییز
خیز و بر ریش آن منجم تیز

می نویسند خیره بر تقویم
نیک و بد بر عموم اینت حکیم

بس تبجح کنند بر دانش
هیچ دانش نداده یزدانش

نیست فرقی میان مردم دهر
همه یکسان بود طوالع شهر

همه بادست حکم باد انگار
تو ز احکام خیره دست بدار

نیست جز هرزه مندل و تنجیم
زن بود سغبهٔ چنین تعلیم

سخن فال گو ندارد سود
باد پیمود کآسمان پیمود

نیست الا به قدرت یزدان
نیک و بد در طبایع و ارکان

بی قضا خلق یک نفس نزند
مرد عاقل چنین جرس نزند

English translation

These astrologers are ignorant of their work; there is no awakened heart in their endeavors. Deception and trickery are their only tools; they have no share of knowledge and forbearance. The Sun, which in magnitude compared to the Earth is counted as one hundred and twenty-four times larger, they have designated Leo as its house— how far, how far they have fallen from reason! Venus, which is a stranger to even a quarter of the Earth's size, why should Taurus and Libra be its houses? Mercury is not even a single fraction of the Earth's sphere, yet it has two houses: Virgo and Gemini. There is not much discernment in their practice; arise and mock the beard of that astrologer! They write blindly in the almanac, assigning good and bad fortunes to the public—what a 'wise man'! They boast greatly of their knowledge, though God has granted them no knowledge at all. There is no difference among the people of the world; the horoscopes of the whole city are identical. All their judgments are wind; consider them as wind, and wash your hands of these foolish rulings. The magic circle and astrology are nothing but nonsense; only the gullible are duped by such teachings. The words of the fortune-teller have no benefit; he who measured the heavens merely measured the wind. There is nothing, except by the power of God, that is good or bad in temperaments and elements. Without divine decree, creation cannot draw a single breath; a wise man does not sound such a hollow bell.

Updated 2026-07-03

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