One of the great achievements of Arabic and Muslim scholars was on Astronomy, or as named in Arabic, ʿIlm al-Hayʾa, which means science of the character of the heavens. The current manuscript titled Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa al-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-miqāt (The Compendium Principles and Goals on the ...