[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) › 372 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 372: CLXV. Vafa’i of Isfahan. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 372 - **Language:** English ### [372](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.372) He was for some time in Kashmir, and then came to Lahor and was with Zain Khan Kuka. The following verses are his:— “Knock at the door of the heart in the middle of the night, for when the day appears All other doors are opened, but this door is shut.” “The real dearth of fidelity is this, that the lovely ones of this age Set out the well-spread table and then drink the heart’s blood of the guest.” - [Previous: 371](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.371) - [Next: 373](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.373) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.372](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.372) · Pramāṇa