They brought out to the battle the ones whose death had not...

They brought out to the battle the ones whose death had not presented (by calculation), and the ones whose death had present, they left him behind in their houses. So, the companions of Dawood -as were killed and not one of them was killed. فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ ع رَبِّ أُقَاتِلُ عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ يُقَاتِلُ هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ يُقْتَلُ أَصْحَابِي وَ لَا يُقْتَلُ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحَدٌ Dawood -as said: ‘Lord -azwj !

I -as am fighting upon Your -azwj obedience and they are fighting upon Your -azwj disobedience. My -as companions are getting killed and not one of them is getting killed!’ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَلَّمْتُهُمْ بَدْءَ الْخَلْقِ وَ آجَالَهُ وَ إِنَّمَا أَخْرَجُوا إِلَيْكَ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْضُرْهُ أَجَلُهُ وَ مَنْ حَضَرَ أَجَلُهُ خَلَّفُوهُ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ فَمِنْ ثَمَّ يُقْتَلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ وَ لَا يُقْتَلُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed: “I -azwj had Taught them beginning of the creation and its terms, and rather they have brought out to you -as the one whose term (death) has not presented yet, and the ones whose death has presented, they have left them behind in their house.

So, from then, the ones from your -as companions are getting killed, and not one of them is getting killed!” قَالَ دَاوُدُ ع يَا رَبِّ عَلَى مَا ذَا عَلَّمْتَهُمْ Dawood -as said: ‘O Lord -azwj !

What is that You -azwj have Taught them?’ قَالَ عَلَى مَجَارِي الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ وَ النُّجُومِ وَ سَاعَاتِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ He -azwj Said: “Upon courses of the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and hours of the night and the day!” قَالَ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَحَبَسَ الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَزَادَ النَّهَارُ وَ اخْتَلَطَتِ الزِّيَادَةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوا قَدْرَ الزِّيَادَةِ فَاخْتَلَطَ حِسَابُهُمْ He (Amir Al-Momineen -asws ) said: ‘He -as supplicated to Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, so He ‑azwj Withheld the sun upon them, and the day increased, and the increased mingled with the night and the day, so they could no longer understand the measurement of the increase, and their calculations were mixed up’.

وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع فَمِنْ ثَمَّ كُرِهَ النَّظَرُ فِي عِلْمِ النُّجُومِ. And Ali -asws said: ‘So, since then, looking into the knowledge of the stars (astrology) is disliked’’.