 the entire book on astronomy has been completed and all praise is due to god lord of the worlds as he deserves. it was completed on the nineteenth of rabi alawwal in the year seven hundred and twenty. god is sufficient for us and he is the best disposer of affairs. at the end of the original text of alalusi by sayyid mahmoud shukri who died in the year 1342 ah is the following text
تم كتاب علم النجوم بأسره والحمد لله رب العالمين كثيرا كما هو أهله، وكان الفراغ منه فى التاسع عشر من شهر ربيع الأول سنة عشرين وسبعمائة وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل وفى آخر الاصل الألوسى للسيد محمود شكرى المتوفى سنة ١٣٤٢ ه، ما نصه