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Flos
I got great explanation of astrology by a scientist - imagine having a window, through which you see beautiful mountains. And then a fly on the windows' glass, walking through all of it. Without knowledge, you'd say the fly is walking through the mountains - that's what astrology is. Kind of a hallucination :)
Yeah no. That scientist is not a real scientist, because astrology is pseudoscience. The fly, the window or mountains are not there. its pure fiction.
You've said:
Without knowledge, you'd say the fly is walking through the mountains
However in reality, there is no knowledge. People pretending to have a window to see the mountains and flies.
Surah 27:65:
Say: "None in the heavens and the earth knows the Unseen except Allah, nor can they perceive when they shall be resurrected.'')
Translated to your example:
The ghayb, the unseen or things of the future -----> Those beautiful mountains
Celestial bodies like sun, moon, stars, planets -----> Window
Astrology -----> "knowledge" how to use that window
Only Allah can see those beautiful mountains. Any other who claims to have a window to see those mountains....or the knowledge how to use the window, is a liar.