the mediators of this science. then they left their island and conquered a significant portion of the inhabited world and they appeared before nations that had reached a high level of civilization and were interested in the stars with the interest of speculative scholars not with the interest of scattered poets.
سائط هذا العلم. ثم خرجوا من جزيرتهم وفتحوا قسما لا يستهان به من المعمورة، وظهروا على امم كانت قد بلغت درجه عالية من الحضارة، واهتمت بالنجوم اهتمام علماء مضاربين لا اهتمام شعراء متبدين.