Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.10.4

61.10.4

It is reported on excellent authority also that Islām Shāh had ordered the treasury-officer that he should give Daulat Khan every day for his personal expenses as much as a hēṭ of tankas, as a matter of course and unasked, but that if asked for a larger sum he should produce it for his use. At last seeing that his condition became more grave day by day, nay, hour by hour, his physicians despaired of relieving him. Verse. In one small detail the whole of the philosophers have been found wanting, For what can man do against the Eternal decree. When the natural causes of the pulse depart from the fundamental movement, The foot of Aflatun himself becomes fixed in the mire of helplessness. When the conduct of nature turns towards disorder, The Qanun of Bu 'Ali lies useless in the hand.