 they were more knowledgeable about it than the arabs. this is indicated by the agreement of their naming of it with the names given by the one who was in charge of depicting it and their disagreement with the arabs in that and their depiction of it with images other than its own to the point that they counted gemini in the group of zodiac signs in place of the twins likewise if you contemplate their names for the fixed planets you will know that they were
وهم أعرف بها كانوا من العرب. يدلك على ذلك موافقة تسميتهم لها للاسماء التى سماها متولى تصويرها ومخالفة فى ذلك من العرب وتصورهم إياها بغير صورها حتى أنهم عدوا الجوزاء فى جملة البروج مكان التوأمين وكذلك لو تأملت أساميهم للكواكب الثابتة، لعلمت أنهم كانوا