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The Allegory of the Ignorant Astrologer and the Wise King in Hadiqat al-Haqiqah

In Section 54 of Hadiqat al-Haqiqah, Sanai presents the allegory of an ignorant and blind astrologer who is summoned by a wise and pious king. To test and expose the astrologer's false claims of foresight, the king challenges him to find an astrologically perfect day of supreme fortune, completely free of any misfortune, to receive a royal robe of honor. The astrologer, blinded by greed and his own delusion of knowing the future, eagerly attempts to calculate this ideal moment. Through this story, Sanai satirizes the hubris and foolishness of worldly astrologers who claim to read the heavens and predict destiny but cannot even discern their own immediate vulnerability or the ultimate dominion of divine will.

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