An Arabic report about supernova SN 1006 by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

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We present here an Arabic report about supernova 1006 (SN 1006) written by the famous Persian scholar Ibn Sina (Lat.

• Avicenna, AD 980-1037), which was not discussed in astronomical literature before.
• The short observational report about a new star is part of Ibn Sina's book called al-Shifa', a work about philosophy including physics, astronomy, and meteorology.
• We present the Arabic text and our English translation.