Commence your journey after three hours and you shall be victorious.

Commence your journey after three hours and you shall be victorious.” Hearing this, the Imam (a.s) said: “Whoever upholds your words has rejected the Qur`an of Allah.”[^9] He (a.s) then asked: “Do you possess knowledge as to which family has taken over the reins of leadership in China?” The astrologer replied: “I have no knowledge.” The Imam (a.s) questioned: “What is that star, which when rises, stirs up lust within the camels?” The astrologer confessed: “I have no idea.” The Imam (a.s) asked: “The rise of which star stirs up passion within the cats?” He said: “I do not know!” He (a.s) asked: “Inform me of the thing that is concealed beneath the hoofs of my horse.” When the astrologer had once again pleaded ignorance, the Imam (a.s) said to him: “Within the earth, below the feet of my horse, lies a jar filled with gold coins and beneath which a serpent lies asleep.” When the place was dug up, the people witnessed that the scenario was exactly as it had been described by the Imam (a.s).

Observing this, the astrologer was totally bewildered; the Imam (a.s) took possession of his books, ordered them to be…