[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Chachnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama) › [The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg) › 1.2 # The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 1.2 The Chachnamah, an Ancient History of Sind 1.2 - **Language:** English ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.1.2) And boundless blessings and innumerable praises are due to the dauntless leader and chief of all the prophets and saints, and the intercessor for the host of sinners on the day of judgment; to whom praise is accorded by the blessed and holy God in His sacred Word and glorious Book (where it is said, “Muhammad is really an apostle”), and whose honour and dignity are confirmed by the greatness of the Great Being with the sublime decree: “T. H. We have not sent down the Koran unto thee that thou shouldst be unhappy.” According to a tradition, the angel Gabriel once brought the following message from God to the Prophet: “O moon of the fourteenth night, by your coming into existence all (future) apostleship has come to an end. All your wishes and requests are complied with by the eternal Being. Why, then, are you troubled at heart and anxious? Say what burden lies on your heart, so that I may relieve you of it, by bringing you” Thereupon the leader of the way and the guide unlocked the casket of thought and out precious as pearls, saying: “O brother Gabriel was a grateful servant: inasmuch as I have received many marks of favour and (so many) encouragements from the great and august court of God, Who has conveyed tidings of mercy to the people of the world by saying ‘We have not sent thee, O Muhammad, otherwise than as a mercy unto all creatures’; in another place, has favoured my companions by my agency by saying ‘Muhammad is the apostle of God; - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.chachnama~en-kalichbeg.1.2) · Pramāṇa