Muntakhab al-tawarikh 124.2

124.2

We saw that he had before him the third volume (of the Rawzatu-l-Ahbab), and he said to us, “See, what mischief those who are followed in this land have wrought in the faith,” and thus saying he showed us that couplet which occurs in the encomium:— “This alone is sufficient to prove his resemblance to God, That it has been doubted that he himself was God.” and said, “He has passed beyond mere schism here, and has placed the question of his misbelief in quite another category, avouching his belief in the doctrine of incarnations. I am firmly resolved to burn this book in the presence of a Shi‘ah.” I, notwithstanding that I was unknown to any present, and had never met Makhdūmu-’l-Mulk before, made bold to say, “This couplet is a translation of those verses which are attributed to the Imām Shāfi‘ī (may God have mercy upon him!). He looked towards me sharply and asked, “From what are you quoting?” I said, “From the commentary on Amīr’s dīwān.” He said, “The commentator, Qāzī Mīr Husain-i-Maibadī, has also been accused of schism.” I said, “This is wandering from the point.” Shaikh Abū-’l-Fazl and Hājī Sultān, with their fingers on their lips, were every now and then signing to me to be silent.