Al-Khiṣāl - Part 11: On Eleven-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 11: On Eleven-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Names of the Eleven Stars Which Joseph Saw Prostrating to Him 11-1 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا ٠د بن يحيى العطار، عن ٠ران الاشعري، عن علي بن ٠د، عن رجل، عن سلي٠اعيل السدي، عن عبدالرح٠ن بن سابط القرشي، عن جابر بن عبد الله الانصاري، في قول الله عز وجل حكاية عن يوسف" إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّ٠ْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ."فقال في تسÙ: وهو الطارق وجربان، والذيال، وذو الكنفان، وذو القرع، وقابس، ووثاب، وع٠صبح، والضروح، والضياء والنور يعني الش٠ر، وكل هذه الكواكب Ù 11-1 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Ali ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Suleiman ibn Zyad al-Minqari, on the authority of Amr ibn Shimr, on the authority of Isma’il ibn al-Sadi, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Sabit al-Qurashi, on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, “Regarding what God said about Joseph (MGB)we read the following in the Holy Quran, ‘I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!(12:4)’ Then he started to name those stars: that were Al-Tariq, Jirban, Al-Zial, Zul-Kanafan, Zul-Qar’e, Qabis, Vas’sab, Amoodan, Faylaq, Misbah, Al-Zaruh, Al-Zia’e and Al-Nur implying the sun and the moon.