F. Jamil Ragep

Ṭūsī’s Memoir on Astronomy
Epistles of The Brethren of Purity: On Astronomia
Islamic Astronomy and Copernicus

The following are corrections to the Arabic text in F. Jamil Ragep, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Memoir on Astronomy., 2 vols. (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993). [Courtesy of Fateme Savadi]

I.117, line 19: الهار => النهار

I.189, line 8: تنتبق => تنطبق

I.193, line 13: المنتهي => المنتهى

I.195, line 16: علي => على

I.201, 2 lines from bottom: […/12/ => β […/12/

I.233, line 25: دائره => دائرة

I.241, line 4: الاوّل => الأوّل

I.291, line 16: جعلة => جعله

I.299, line 4: للاّفق => للأفق

I.319, line 24: مِثْلاَ=> مِثْلا

I.329, line 20: أجزءا=> أجزاء

I.339, line 3: الفاً=> ألفاً

Additional Corrections to Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Memoir on Astronomy:

I.4: 18 Dhū al-Ḥijja 672 H [add Monday]

I.124[6]: an occupant=>an occupant at rest

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Corrected translations of the Persian poems on pp. 64-65 in the Epistles of The Brethren of Purity: On Astronomia: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 3, ed. and trans. F. Jamil Ragep and Taro Mimura (Oxford: Oxford University Press, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015). [With thanks to Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan for his invaluable assistance in editing and translating these verses.]

(p. 64)

If you wish death not to find you	If you wish to become immune from death
Do not seek in vain a refuge underground	But ascend to the heavens without stairs

(p. 65)

Blessed are the Sun, Venus, and the Moon	Since they never become corrupt
Each moving in a single way, on its own	So that they never leave their unique path
They move with grace and power	Never departing from their proper path
The stars are as though like kings	The essence of the Sun being the king of kings
They neither sleep nor are preoccupied	Neither do they organize armies and wars
They are friends next to each other, face to face	Each gazing upon the others

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Corrections to the printed version of Islamic Astronomy and Copernicus (Ankara: Turkish Academy of Sciences Publications, 2022). [Note that these corrections have been incorporated into the online version, available here: https://tuba.gov.tr./files/yayinlar/bilim-ve-dusun/TUBA-978-625-8352-02-3.pdf ]

p. iii: iv=>v; vii=>ix

p. x: Memoir on Astronomy => Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Memoir on Astronomy

p. xiv: Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Memoir on Astronomy => Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Memoir on Astronomy

p. 24: 50=>52 (bottom of page)

p. 25: 51=>53 (bottom of page)

p. 26: 58=>54 (bottom of page)

p. 27: 59=>55 (bottom of page)

p. 39: Concerning the Supposed Dependence of Astronomy upon Philosophy=> Freeing Astronomy from Philosophy An Aspect of Islamic Influence on Science (header)

p. 41: Concerning the Supposed Dependence of Astronomy upon Philosophy=> Freeing Astronomy from Philosophy An Aspect of Islamic Influence on Science (header)

pp. 43-44: replace with these pages: Substitute_for_43-44.pdf

p. 51: add 129 (bottom of page)

p. 190: replace with this page: Substitute_for_190.pdf

p. 257: replace with this page: Substitute_for_257.pdf

p. 265: replace with this page: Substitute_for_265.pdf

INDEX: for an updated and corrected version, go to https://islamsci.mcgill.ca/Jamil/TUBA-978-625-8352-02-3.pdf#page=372