[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 210.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 210.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 210.1 - **Language:** English ### [210.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.210.1) “When the mirror is filled with roses, the reflection of the loved one’s face, The parrot who looks therein becomes a nightingale.” The following is an enigma on the name of God : — “Nobody has full knowledge of His essence, Shorn eternity without beginning has He been, He is limitless.” And the following is another enigma on the name of the prophet — “Since I journeyed along the road of the holy law, My path has been divided from that of Muhammad the prophet." He was the author of a well known diwan and has also written a masnawi which he has entitled Gul Afshan, a reply to the Bustan of Sa'di, corresponding with it rhyme for rhyme. Its opening couplet is — “To the world’s Creator be praises from the soul To the soul’s Creator a hundred worlds of praise.” The following is another couplet by him — “My cruel darling has killed thousands with her coquetries, My spoilt darling still continues her coquetries.” “The rain of misfortune has broken on my grief stricken body, What misfortune is there that the heavens have not rained on my head?” “No narcissus blooms in the place of my pilgrimage, My eyes are whitened with watching for thee.” The following couplet was written by him on a Hindu youth, a Jogi — “Thy flame-coloured face shines above the ashes on thy body like the lotus, Or it may be that thy head-cloth has been reduced to ashes by thy resplendent face.” - [Previous: 209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.209) - [Next: 210.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.210.2) - [Up: 210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.210) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.210.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.210.1) · Pramāṇa