[11] النُّجُومُ...
[11] النُّجُومُ، وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابٍ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ: قِيلَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع هَلْ كَانَ لِلنُّجُومِ أَصْلٌ (The book) ‘Al Nujoum’ – I found in an ancient book from Ata’a who said, ‘It was said to Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , ‘Is there any origin to the stars (astrology)?’ قَالَ نَعَمْ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ إِنَّا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بِكَ حَتَّى تُعَلِّمَنَا بَدْءَ الْخَلْقِ وَ آجَالَهُ He -asws said: ‘Yes.
A Prophet -as from the Prophets -as , his -as people said to him -as , ‘We will not believe in you -as until you -as teach us beginning of the creation and its terms!’ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى غَمَامَةٍ فَأَمْطَرَتْهُمْ وَ اسْتَنْقَعَ حَوْلَ الْجَبَلِ مَاءٌ صَافٍ ثُمَّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ وَ النُّجُومِ أَنْ تَجْرِيَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى ذَلِكَ النَّبِيِّ أَنْ يَرْتَقِيَ هُوَ وَ قَوْمُهُ عَلَى الْجَبَلِ فَارْتَقَوُا الْجَبَلَ So, Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to a cloud and it rained upon them clean water swamped around the mountain.
Then Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to the sun and the moon and the stars: “Flow in that water!” Then Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to that Prophet -as that he -as and his -as people should climb upon the mountain. So they ascended the mountain.
فَقَامُوا عَلَى الْمَاءِ حَتَّى عَرَفُوا بَدْءَ الْخَلْقِ وَ آجَالَهُ بِمَجَارِي الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ وَ النُّجُومِ وَ سَاعَاتِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَتَى يَمُوتُ وَ مَتَى يَمْرَضُ وَ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُولَدُ لَهُ وَ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي لَا يُولَدُ لَهُ فَبَقُوا كَذَلِكَ بُرْهَةً مِنْ دَهْرِهِمْ They stayed upon the water until they understood the beginning of the creation, and its terms with the flow of the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and times of the night and the day.
And it was so that one of them knew when he would be dying and when he would be falling sick, and who is the one there would be a birth for him, and who is that whom there would be no birth for him. They remained like that for a time from their ages.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ دَاوُدَ ع قَاتَلَهُمْ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ فَأَخْرَجُوا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فِي الْقِتَالِ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْضُرْهُ أَجَلُهُ وَ مَنْ حَضَرَ أَجَلُهُ خَلَّفُوهُ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ فَكَانَ يُقْتَلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ دَاوُدَ ع وَ لَا يُقْتَلُ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحَدٌ Then Dawood -as fought them upon the Kufr.
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