bottom in manuscript:
جِرَا جرا این فزودن و کاستن نور قمر را است و ستارکان دیکر را نیست
میان مردمان نکرستن و ناستذنْ این مَعْنیها را خلافَسْت
در روشناای ستارکان که ایشانرا روشناای از خویستن است -
čerā čerā īn fuzūdan u kāstan-i nūr qamar-rā ast u sitāragān-i dīgar rā nēst
miyān-i mardumān nigaristan u nā-sitaḏan īn ma'nīhā-rā xalāfast
dar rōšanā'ī-yi sitāragān ki ēšān-rā rōšanā'ī az xwēštan ast- [Why – why the increase and decrease of the light of the moon is settled while other stars don't behave so?
Observing these and not understanding the spirit of these is a misdeed among the people
Scanned from: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1976) Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study, World of Islam Festival Publishing Company ISBN090503502X
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bottom in manuscript:
جِرَا جرا این فزودن و کاستن نور قمر را است و ستارکان دیکر را نیست
میان مردمان نکرستن و ناستذنْ این مَعْنیها را خلافَسْت
در روشناای ستارکان که ایشانرا روشناای از خویستن است -
čerā čerā īn fuzūdan u kāstan-i nūr qamar-rā ast u sitāragān-i dīgar rā nēst
miyān-i mardumān nigaristan u nā-sitaḏan īn ma'nīhā-rā xalāfast
dar rōšanā'ī-yi sitāragān ki ēšān-rā rōšanā'ī az xwēštan ast- [Why – why the increase and decrease of the light of the moon is settled while other stars don't behave so?
Observing these and not understanding the spirit of these is a misdeed among the people
Scanned from: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1976) Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study, World of Islam Festival Publishing Company ISBN090503502X
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