[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) › 2.4.5 # The Institutes of Akbar 2.4.5 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 2.4.5 - **Language:** English ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.4.5) But at night, so runs the story, he saw in his dream that Abul Fazl came to a meeting held by the Prophet in Paradise; and when the Prophet saw him enter, he asked him to sit down, and said, “This man did for some time during his life evil deeds, but one of his books commences with the words, ‘O God, reward the good for the sake of their righteousness, and help the wicked for the sake of Thy love,’ and these words have saved him.” The last two stories flatter, in all probability, the consciences of pious Sunnis; but the first, if true, detracts in no way from that consistency of opinion and uniform philosophic conviction which pervades Abul Fazl’s works; and though his heart found in pure deism and religious philosophy more comfort and more elements of harmony than in the casuistry of the Mullas, his mind from early youth had been so accustomed to hard literary work, that it was perfectly natural for him, even after his rejection of Islam, to continue his studies of the Qoran, because the highest dialectical lore and the deepest philological research of Muhammadan literature have for centuries been concentrated on the explanation of the holy book. To this period also belong the literary undertakings which were commenced under the auspices of the Emperor himself. - [Previous: 2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.4.4) - [Next: 2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.4.6) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.4.5) · Pramāṇa