Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 1136
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سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّلَمِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ غَانِمَ بْنَ حَمُّويْهِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الرُّومِيِّ،
يَقُولُ: قِيلَ لِبَعْضِ الْحُكَمَاءِ لِمَ يَهُونُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَعْشَرَ الْحُكَمَاءِ قَوْلُ أَصْحَابِ النُّجُومِ؟ قَالَ: " لِأَنَّهُمْ إِنْ حَدَّثُوا بِخَيْرٍ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا تَعْجِيلَهُ، وَإِنْ حَدَّثُوا بِشَرٍّ حَدَّثُونَا وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا دَفْعَهُ "
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machine translationI heard Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī say: I heard Abū al-Qāsim Ghānim b. Ḥammūyah say: I heard Muḥammad b. al-Rūmī say,
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He said: It was said to one of the wise men, "Why is the speech of the astrologers so insignificant to you, O company of the wise?" He said: "Because if they speak of good, they cannot hasten it, and if they speak of evil, they tell us of it and cannot ward it off."
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