Abu Rayhon Beruni. The benefits of science

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If we look at our distant history, September 4 is also the day of birth of our great encyclopedic scholar Abu Rayhan Beruni, who made a great contribution to world civilization. In this regard, we bring to the attention of journalists the proverbs, legends and notes selected from the great scholar's "Monuments of Ancient Peoples", "India", "Masud's Law" and many other great works.
A book cut in twelve thousand skins
In the treasury of King Darius ibn Darius was a copy of the Abisto ("Avesto") inscribed in gold on the skins of twelve thousand cattle. Alexander the Great had destroyed the fireplaces and burned them when he killed those who served them. That is why three-fifths of Abisto (that is, eighteen naski) have disappeared since then. Abisto had thirty nasks, and the pagans had at least twelve nasks.
Years and seasons
The movement of the sun in the constellation of constellations is called the year (in time) until it moves against ul-kull (kull - all, all, whole) and returns to the point where any point is supposed to be the beginning of its motion. The year includes four seasons - spring, summer, autumn, winter and their four different natures, and ends where it started.
Reducing the salinity of water
If a few rattles of well-dried wax is thrown into salt water wells, the salinity in the water can be reduced. Even experts say, "If you make a thin vessel out of wax and throw it into the sea water, and it doesn't come out of your mouth, the water that seeps into it will be really sweet." For example, in the autumn and summer, the Nile water in the Pacific Lake becomes sweet if it is mixed a lot, or very salty if it is mixed less.
Fragrant water
In Egypt, fresh, fragrant water flows from a spring at the foot of a mountain into a pool near a temple known as Pok. When a filthy, dirty, dirty person washes in it, the taste of the water changes, it becomes badhid. It emits the same odor until the water is drained and purified, and when it is purified, it returns to fragrance.
Feed the hungry
When the Caliph 'Umar ibn' Abd al-'Aziz heard that his son 'Abdullah had bought a gem for a thousand dirhams, he wrote to his son: “According to the news I have received, you have received a ring. My advice to you is to immediately sell it and feed a thousand hungry people for its value. Make yourself a ring of silver, and let his eyes be his own. Abdullah did as his father said.
About Al-Fir Fortress
Al-Fir was a fortress built of mud and mud bricks on the outskirts of Khorezm, a three-story fortress built into each other and not far from each other in height. At the top of all these forts were the palaces of kings like Gumdon in Yemen.
When will you be proud?
The value of gold and silver among people is not in the natural image, but in the artificial image. Because these two are stones, they cannot satisfy hunger, they cannot quench thirst, they cannot repel harm. It can't save you from trouble. Anything that has no interest as food, that cannot restore man and satisfy his species forever, that cannot clothe people as clothing, that cannot protect them from hot and cold hardships, and that cannot help them to survive as a place of refuge is not boastful by nature. Even if he is to be praised, he is not praised naturally, but only when it is necessary in life and what the other person needs is with him.
It is known by comparing the words and beliefs they cite for proof when they have cleansed themselves of the bad behavior that degrades the nature of most people, the factors that prevent them from seeing the truth. This is the best way to get to the real goal I mentioned and the most reliable helper to wash away the doubt that tarnishes it. No matter how hard we try, no matter how hard we try, we can't achieve the goal in any other way.
The benefit of the sciences is not to greedily accumulate gold and silver, but to acquire what man needs through it.
Socrates' answer
The ancient Greeks did not have the custom of writing on leather. It is said that when Socrates was asked about this, he said, "I do not transfer knowledge from the hearts of the living to the sweat of dead sheep."
The catastrophe of evil
One man, an ally, was accompanied by a group he did not know. These people were bandits who had invaded a village and were returning to destroy it. After the man had walked a short distance with the thieves, the avengers arrived and captured them. This man, though not an accomplice to the thieves, suffered for joining them.
Honor
Princess Cleopatra (who was closing in on her) fell into the hands of the enemy, Augustus, and, fearing that her honor would be violated, placed a venomous snake on both of her breasts. When he entered his presence, he was sitting with his crown on and his head resting on his right hand. He was not ashamed to fall into the hands of the enemy and kept his reputation.
Sleep of snakes
It is said that it is better to go to sea in the middle of Azar (March). At the same time the snakes opened their eyes, but still lay motionless because it was cold. In Khorezm, I saw snakes crawling under the ground. They were wrapped like balls, and the heads of many were visible.
Enlightenment
For those who want to put the levels of enlightenment above each other, the following parable is made: A man who set out with his disciples on a dark night was frightened when he saw something standing on the road and what it was. ordered to determine that. One student said, "I don't know what it is," and another said, "I don't even know how to know it." The third said, "It is useless to know, for it will be known in the morning." Hence, the enlightenment of the three disciples was short. The first was ignorance, the second was weakness, and the third was procrastinating in front of their teachers. But the fourth did not give a definite answer and went close to the suspicious object, saw that it was a squashed pumpkin, and kicked it. Thus the disciple pleased his teacher with his enlightenment.
There are several maturation periods
Al-Notili said: “There are three periods of maturity for man. One is puberty, that is, the time when someone like him can be from him, and the second is the beginning of the seven years (soap); the second "perfection" is the power of thinking, the time when the mind emerges from the power to the verb, that is, the beginning of the sixth seven years; the third "maturity" is the time when a person can wait for himself when he is alone, his family when he is married, and his citizen when he is a king. " Al-Natili said that the period of "maturity" is one hundred and forty years, which means that a person can live to this age.
We are afraid of ears and eyes
Jamil al-Azari says, "Even if we are in a position of joy, we are afraid of the ears and the eyes." Because the eye is an observer member. And the earlobe earbuds listen - nothing is hidden from it.
Quyohow many ndo you have an uncle
The Hindus call one thing by many names. Take the sun, for example: It is said that they gave the sun a thousand names. The Arabs also called the lion by about a thousand names. Some of the Arabic names of the lion are proper to him, and some are derived from his changing state, or from the verbs which derive from it. This is also politics.
Yorug 'tosh
One day Abu Bashar Sayrafi witnessed an interesting incident at his uncle's house. They brought red rubies. In the light of the ruby ​​it was possible to read a book at night. The letters seen with Billur were thickened and widened between the lines. Books about glass explain why it looks like this.
What an era awhat's up
If a person wants to know another history through a certain era, let him turn that particular era into days. This set is called the "original". Then let him take the (difference) between the two, that is, the beginning of known and desirable dates! We call it “correction”. If a certain date is before the desired date, it reduces the modification from the original: if a certain date is after the desired date, it adds the modification to it. This will be the total desirable history days. Divide these days by the number of years corresponding to that date, the ones that come out of it are full years, the rest are days. These days are converted into months of years, and each month is given what is needed from the amount we have mentioned - (days). These are the days between dates in the double-decker. Again God is more knowledgeable.
Newspaper "Literature and Art of Uzbekistan", 2012, No. 36

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