[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) › 2.8.2 # The Institutes of Akbar 2.8.2 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 2.8.2 - **Language:** English ### [2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.8.2) Besides, I have seen in different books that Abul Fazl also wrote a Risálah i Munáját, or ‘Treatise on Prayers’; a Jami’ullughat, a lexicographical work; and a ‘Kashkol’. The last word means a ‘beggar’s cup,’ or rather the small basket or bowl in which beggars in the East collect rice, dates, &c., given as alms, and hence the term is often applied to collections of anecdotes or short stories. But I have seen no copies of these works. It was also mentioned above that Abul Fazl presented, on his introduction at Court, two commentaries, of which no MSS. seem to exist at present. Nor need I again refer to the part which he took in the translations from Sanskrit and the compilation of the Tarikh i Alfi. The ‘Durar ul Manshúr’, a modern Tazkirah by Muhammad ’Askari Husainí of Bilgrám, selects the following inscription written by Abul Fazl for a temple in Kashmir as a specimen both of Abul Fazl’s writing and of his religious belief. It is certainly very characteristic, and is easily recognized as Abul Fazl’s composition. O God, in every temple I see people that seek Thee, and in every language I hear spoken, people praise Thee ! Polytheism and Islam feel after Thee, Each religion says, ‘Thou art one, without equal.’ If it be a mosque, people murmur the holy prayer, and if it be a Christian Church, people ring the bell from love to Thee. Sometimes I frequent the Christian cloister, and sometimes the mosque, But it is Thou whom I search from temple to temple. - [Previous: 2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.8.1) - [Next: 2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.8.3) - [Up: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.8.2) · Pramāṇa