[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) › 6.1.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 6.1.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 6.1.1 - **Language:** English ### [6.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.1.1) ALLAHU AKBAR! O Lord, whose secrets are for ever veiled, And whose perfection knows not a beginning, End and beginning, both are lost in Thee, No trace of them is found in Thy eternal realm. My words are lame; my tongue, a stony tract; Slow wings my foot, and wide is the expanse. Confused are my thoughts; but this is Thy best praise, In ecstasy alone I see Thee face to face! IT is proper for a man of true knowledge to praise God not only in words, but also in deeds, and to endeavour to obtain everlasting happiness, by putting the window of his heart opposite the slit of his pen, and describing some of the wondrous works of the Creator. Perhaps the lustre of royalty may shine upon him, and its light enable him to gather a few drops from the ocean, and a few atoms from the endless field of God’s works. He will thus obtain everlasting felicity, and render fertile the dreary expanse of words and deeds. I, Abulfazl, son of Mubarak, return thanksgiving to God by singing the praises of royalty, and by stringing its kingly pearls upon the thread of description; but it is not my intention to make mankind, for the first time, acquainted with the glorious deeds and excellent virtues of that remarkable man, who clothes our wonderful world in new colours, and is an ornament to God’s noble creation. It would be absurd on my part to speak about that which is known; I should make myself the butt of the learned. - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.5) - [Next: 6.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.1.2) - [Up: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.1.1) · Pramāṇa