The Fourth Wisdom of the Stars: Knowing the Calculation
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The questioner:
Is it not said that if one says that the stars are used to know the calculation and the times, we have thereby added a fourth wisdom?
The Shaykh:
We have found a fourth wisdom, and Allah says:[Yunus 10:5] You [Yunus 10:5] read the Qur'an; this is what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned. We did not find this from ourselves.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, just to know the number of years and the calculation.
Is it not said that if one says that the stars are used to know the calculation and the times, we have thereby added a fourth wisdom?
The Shaykh:
We have found a fourth wisdom, and Allah says:
that you may know the number of years and account [of time]
لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَIt is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know
مَاThe questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, just to know the number of years and the calculation.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [33] — alfawzan.live (1:03:45)
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