[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) › 22.3.3 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 22.3.3 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 22.3.3 - **Language:** English ### [22.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.3.3) One, third in order, has placed the footstep in this way, whose path to the enjoyment of this world was not obstructed by pride. His fourth pillar was ‘Ali who at the time of battle made the face of the sun pale from the glitter of his sword. Oh, King! I entreat you by your friends deliver me during the whole of my life by your aid from the calamity of foolish friends. He who demanded from me this Qasida, may his life like my Qasida be ornamented with the jewels of meaning. The following also he wrote, imposing upon himself the necessity of introducing the words “hair” and “ant,” in a declaration of the unity of God and in praise of the Prophet, may the peace of God be upon him: Although with tongue, I split hairs at the time of discourse, still in the praise of God, by reason of amazement, I am dumb as the ant. And in the pursuit of the fairy-faced ones with chainlike locks, through desire often have I bound fast, like the ant, my life to my waist with my heart. And for the sake of the amber-eyed and sugar-lipped ones, in my fancy I have bored the hair of speech a hundred ways by way of trial. That I might have a store like the ant, in his praise I have cleft the hair into halves, and have not received one jot from any one in recognition. Henceforth, like the ant, I will gird my loins at the door of the Incomparable one, and from the foot of each hair, with a hundred tongues will I proclaim his gracious aid. - [Previous: 22.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.3.2) - [Next: 22.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.3.4) - [Up: 22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.3.3) · Pramāṇa