لو لم تكن نية الجوزاء خدمته لما رأيت عليها عقد منتطق
Had Gemini not intended to serve him, you would not have seen it wearing a belt.
The poet connects the visible configuration of the constellation to a conscious intention to serve. Observing a pattern of stars is one thing; claiming that they deliberately dress for service is another, literally impossible relation.
The impossible supposition serves an expressive purpose: it magnifies the patron until even the heavens seem to attend upon him.
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The Dialectical Method and Elegant Causal Attribution: Proof and Four Modes of Ḥusn al-Taʿlīl
لو لم تكن نية الجوزاء خدمته لما رأيت عليها عقد منتطق
Had Gemini not intended to serve him, you would not have seen it wearing a belt.
The poet connects the visible configuration of the constellation to a conscious intention to serve. Observing a pattern of stars is one thing; claiming that they deliberately dress for service is another, literally impossible relation.
The impossible supposition serves an expressive purpose: it magnifies the patron until even the heavens seem to attend upon him.