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130. Surah Al-Kahf, XVIII: 96.
131. Surah Ibrahim, XIV: 50.
132. Surah Al-Rahman, LV: 35.
133. Surah Al-HaSd, LVII: 25.
134. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, LI: 22.
135. Surah Saba, XXXIV: 10-11.
136. Surah Al-Nahl, XVI: 81.
137. This much portion (under 'Tin') has survived only in the Top Kapi Serai manuscript. It is missing in the other two manuscripts.
138. Theopharastus, the Greek biologist and Aristotle's successor at the Academy.
139. Gloss — Razi has written in the 'Ilal al-Ma'adin (The Causes of Mines)- that another thing like tin is found there. It is called Khar Sini, and because of its rarity,
the description of this stone has been ignored. It seems that this description — that it is like Chinese mirrors — has been copied from some other book by AlRazi. In another gloss it has been stated: "This statement by Razi that it is rare is probably in imitation of his (RazT's) statement to the effect that it is rarely found. In the Kitab al-Suffuh he has said: "It is the first among the thirty-two and he has described bodies, followed by the statement that what is rare in khar sini." In another gloss it has been stated: "I was told by Abu Bakr bin Dallal Munajjam that it is a flower (of sulphur) used by die manufacturers of gunpowder." It is surprising that RazT should have called it non-existent, although the homes of both are close to each others. 140. Gloss — On seven Jabir writes in the Kitab al-Ramzah that to the copper which
has been made yellow with olive oil, is added silver in equal weight, followed by the addition of gold. From this passage it might follow that Shibh mixes with silver and, getting mixed with it, does not break it. 141. Gloss — There are mineral bodies which, however, do not unite with each other,
as already stated by Jabir in the Kitab al-Tarjumah. Al-KindT's statement is not universally true — Muhammad bin al-Khatib. Another gloss: It seems that what he has implied are the ingredients of the body and the unit; e.g. if the constituents of gold and silver are diffused, they are united by melting. 142. This is Abu Rayhan's view. Al-Kindi has not said so. There is a belief among alchemists that Jupiter is for tin and Mars for iron. But no alchemist would say
that Mars is for rasas or that copper is for Mars. It may be that what Abu Rayhan has said might denote the idiom of certain people. 143. Also called tibruyah. Its ingredients are parted by fire. This is not so with
isfidruyah. 144. Also talqun. It is a species of poisonous brass or mixed metal, composed of iron,
antimony, lead, gold, tin, and silver, of which tweezers are made for pulling out hair, which never grow afterwards, or at least but slowly. It is possibly a Greek word. |
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