قَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَخْبِرْنِي يَا...

قَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَخْبِرْنِي يَا دِهْقَانُ عَنْ قِصَّةِ الْمِيزَانِ وَ فِي أَيِّ مَجْرًى كَانَ بُرْجُ السَّرَطَانِ قَالَ سَأَنْظُرُ لَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ يَدَهُ إِلَى كُمِّهِ فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا زِيجاً وَ أُصْطُرْلَاباً Amir Al-Momineen -asws said to him: ‘Inform me, O Dihqan, about the story of the Libra, and in which flow was the constellation of the Cancer?’ He said, ‘I shall look into that!’ – and he struck his hand into his sleeve and extracted an almanac and a compass.

فَتَبَسَّمَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ ع ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ يَا دِهْقَانُ أَنْتَ مُسَيِّرُ الثَّابِتَاتِ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأَنْتَ تَقْضِي عَلَى الْحَادِثَاتِ قَالَ لَا Amir Al-Momineen -asws smiled, then said to him: ‘O Dihqan! Did you travel (based upon the) affirmations?’ He said, ‘No’. He -asws said: ‘So you are decreeing based upon the occurring events?’ He said, ‘No’.

قَالَ لَهُ يَا دِهْقَانُ فَمَا سَاعَةُ الْأَسَدِ مِنَ الْفَلَكِ وَ مَا لَهُ مِنْ الْمَطَالِعِ وَ الْمَرَاجِعِ وَ مَا الزُّهَرَةُ مِنَ التَّوَابِعِ وَ الْجَوَامِعِ قَالَ لَا عِلْمَ لِي أَيُّهَا الْأَمِيرُ He -asws said to him: ‘O Dihqan!

So what is the hour of the Leo from the orbit, and what is for it from the rising and the returning, and what is the Venus from the rising and the conjoining?’ He said, ‘There is no knowledge for me, O commander!’ قَالَ فَعَلَى أَيِّ الْكَوَاكِبِ تَقْضِي عَلَى الْقُطْبِ وَ مَا هِيَ السَّاعَاتُ الْمُتَحَرِّكَاتُ وَ كَمْ قَدْرُ السَّاعَاتِ الْمُدَبَّرَاتِ وَ كَمْ تَحْصُلُ الْمُقَدَّرَاتُ قَالَ لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِذَلِكَ He -asws said: ‘So upon which planets are you decreeing being upon the pole, and it is not the hours of the movements, and how much is the measurement of the hours of the pondering, and how much is the result of the Pre-determination?’ He said, ‘There is no knowledge for me of that’.

قَالَ لَهُ يَا دِهْقَانُ إِنْ صَحَّ لَكَ عِلْمُكَ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْبَارِحَةَ انْقَلَبَ بَيْتٌ فِي الصِّينِ وَ انْقَلَبَ بيتانسينُ وَ احْتَرَقَتْ دُورُ الزِّنْجِ وَ انْحَطَمَ مَنَارُ الْهِنْدِ وَ طفع [طَفَحَ‏] جُبُّ سَرَانْدِيبَ وَ هَلَكَ مَلِكُ إِفْرِيقِيَةَ وَ انْقَضَّ حِصْنُ أَنْدُلُسَ وَ هَاجَ نَمْلُ الشِّيحِ وَ فَقَدَ دَيَّانُ الْيَهُودِ وَ جُذِمَ شِطْرَنْجُ الرُّومِيُّ بِأَرْمَنِيَّةَ He -asws said to him: ‘O Dihqan!