facing the Kaaba. Similarly, the last of the Syrian ones and the first of the Yemeni ones are close to that. The intermediate Syrian ones, such as Al-Dhir'a and what follows it from both sides, have their rising point inclined toward the North, while the intermediate Yemeni ones—such as toward Al-'Aqraba, Al-Na'a'im, Al-Balda, and Al-Su'ud—have their rising points inclined toward the right. One places the Yemeni ones in front of his left shoulder, and the Syrian ones behind his right shoulder, near it, while the setting ones are placed near his right shoulder as well. If one identifies the intermediate ones by seeing between them and the celestial horizon seven [mansions] from here and seven from there, he faces it. For every star among these mansions, there are stars that approach it and move with its movement, to its right and left, numerous in number, whose ruling is the same as its ruling, and through which one can infer its position and what it indicates, such as the two eagles (Al-Nasrayn), the two Siriuses (Al-Shi'rayan), the cluster accompanying Al-Haq'ah, Al-Simak al-Ramih (Arcturus), Al-Fakka (Corona Borealis), and others. All of them rise from the East and set in the West. Suhayl (Canopus) is a large, luminous star that rises from the direction of the South, then moves until it is in the direction of the Qibla of the one praying, then passes beyond it, then sets near the direction of the Dabbur (West wind). The Naqa (the Camel) is a group of stars in the shape of a camel that rises in the Milky Way from the direction of the Saba (East wind), then sets in the direction of the North.

Section: The sun rises from the East and sets in the West, and its rising and setting points vary according to the variation of its mansions. In winter, it is in a state of being centered in the Qibla of the one praying, and in summer, it is aligned with his Qibla.

Section: The moon appears on the first night of the month as a crescent in the West, to the right of the one praying, then it lags behind every night toward the East by one mansion, until on the seventh night at the time of Maghrib, it is in the Qibla of the one praying or slightly inclined from it. Then, on the fourteenth night, it rises from the East before sunset as a full moon. On the twenty-first night, it is in the Qibla of the one praying, or close to it, at the time of Fajr. On the twenty-eighth night, it appears at dawn like a crescent from the East. Its rising points vary according to the variation of its mansions.