Some of them are saying that the orbit is such...
Some of them are saying that the orbit is such, the stars, and the sun and the moon are in it, suspended in the sky, and it is below the sky, and it is which rotates with the stars and the sun, and the moon, and the sky, for these are neither moving, nor rotating’.
وَ يَقُولُونَ دَوَرَانُ الْفَلَكِ تَحْتَ الْأَرْضِ وَ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَدُورُ مَعَ الْفَلَكِ تَحْتَ الْأَرْضِ وَ تَغِيبُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ تَحْتَ الْأَرْضِ وَ تَطْلُعُ بِالْغَدَاةِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَكَتَبَ نَعَمْ مَا لَمْ يَخْرُجْ مِنَ التَّوْحِيدِ. And they said, ‘The rotations of the orbits is beneath the earth and that the sun is rotating with the orbit beneath the earth, and it disappears in the west beneath the earth and emerges in the morning from the east’.
He -asws wrote: ‘Yes, for as long as one does not exit from the Tawheed’’. [15] نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَتْ أَرْضٌ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ فَأَرَادَ قِسْمَتَهَا وَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ صَاحِبَ نُجُومٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا السُّعُودُ فَخَرَجَ فِيهَا وَ نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا النُّحُوسُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَى أَبِي (The book) ‘Nawadir’ of Al Rawandy – By his chain, ‘From Musa -asws Bin Ja’far -asws , from his -asws father -asws , from his -asws grandfather -asws having said: ‘There used to be a (piece of) land between me -asws (my -asws father -asws ) and a man, so I ‑asws wanted to divide it, and the man was a companion of stars (astrologer).
He would look at the time in which was fortunate, so he would come out in it, and he would look at the time wherein was inauspiciousness, he would send a message to my -asws father -asws . فَلَمَّا اقْتَسَمَا الْأَرْضَ خَرَجَ خَيْرُ السَّهْمَيْنِ لِأَبِي فَجَعَلَ صَاحِبُ النُّجُومِ يَتَعَجَّبُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي مَا لَكَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ When I -asws divided the land, the better of the two portions came out for my -asws father -asws . The companion of the stars (astrologer) was astounded.
My -asws father -asws said to him, ‘What is the matter with you?’ He informed him -asws the news. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي فَهَلَّا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى خَيْرٍ مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِصَدَقَةٍ تُذْهِبْ عَنْكَ نَحْسَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَ إِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِصَدَقَةٍ تُذْهِبْ عَنْكَ نَحْسَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ. My -asws father -asws said to him, ‘Shall I -asws point you upon better than what you have done?
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