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The Appearance of Moses's Star and the Astrologers' Despair in the Masnavi
In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, following the miraculous conception of Moses, the narrative moves to the morning after, highlighting the absolute failure of Pharaoh's astrologers. Tasked with preventing the birth of the prophesied enemy, the astrologers are found in deep mourning, their faces covered in dust, after witnessing Moses's star shining vividly in the night sky. They confess their defeat, acknowledging that divine destiny has effortlessly overthrown their worldly calculations. Imran, secretly joyous but continuing his necessary dissimulation, feigns bitter grief and berates them to protect his secret. An enraged Pharaoh realizes he has been made a laughingstock; he threatens the astrologers with execution, recognizing that the wealth spent on their foresight and his cruel separation of the Israelites was entirely squandered. Rumi utilizes this scene to demonstrate the profound futility of intellectual arrogance and human stratagems when confronting the inescapable reality of divine will.
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