Huwa'l-samí' al-basír
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Read online at Gleanings, sec. 68
(Obeying fate/predestination has nothing to do with astrology)[edit]
(Note: if the pagination is correct, perhaps this reference to p. 133 refers to its mention of fate/predestination; thus the heading)
"Concerning your question as to the influence of the stars and planets on the life of a believer: Such ideas should be entirely dissociated from the Teachings. The passage on p. 133 of the 'Gleanings' bears no reference whatsoever to this matter.
"As to illness or poverty: Such calamities may be either irrevocable or, and it is often the case, they may be avoided. There is no reference in the Teachings as to whether the stars have any influence on healing such diseases. These astrological ideas are for the most part sheer superstitions."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 17, 1937: Spiritualism, Reincarnation and Related Subjects, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1750)
