[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 128.4 # The Institutes of Akbar 128.4 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 128.4 - **Language:** English ### [128.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.128.4) Men versed in foretelling the future, knew this when His Majesty was born, and together with all others that were cognizant of the secret, they have since been waiting in joyful expectation. His Majesty, however, wisely surrounded himself for a time with a veil, as if he were an outsider, or a stranger to their hopes. But can man counteract the will of God? His Majesty, at first, took all such by surprise as were wedded to the prejudices of the age; but he could not help revealing his intentions: they grew to maturity in spite of him, and are now fully known. He now is the spiritual guide of the nation, and sees in the performance of this duty a means of pleasing God. He has now opened the gate that leads to the right path, and satisfies the thirst of all that wander about panting for truth. But whether he checks men in their desire of becoming disciples, or admits them at other times, he guides them in each case to the realm of bliss. Many sincere enquirers, from the mere light of his wisdom, or his holy breath, obtain a degree of awakening which other spiritual doctors could not produce by repeated fasting and prayers for forty days. Numbers of those who have renounced the world, as Sannyásís, Jogís, Sevrás, Qalandars, Hakíms, and Çúfís, and thousands of such as follow worldly pursuits, as soldiers, tradespeople, mechanics, and husbandmen, have daily their eyes opened to insight, or have the light of their knowledge increased. - [Previous: 128.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.128.3) - [Next: 128.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.128.5) - [Up: 128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.128) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.128.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.128.4) · Pramāṇa