[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) › 61.7.5 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.7.5 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 61.7.5 - **Language:** English ### [61.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.5) Shaikh ‘Ala’i vanquished every one of them in argument by virtue of his quickness of intellect and clearness of apprehension, and whenever Mir Saiyyid Rafi‘u-d-Din (who died in the year 954 H.) was engaged in citing the traditions which existed relating to the appearance of the promised Mahdi, and the signs by which he would be known, Shaikh ‘Ala’i used to say, “you are a Shafi'ite by religion and we are Hanifites, the fundamentals of your traditions are different from those of our’s How can we accept your explanations and interpretations on this question? Nor did he spare even Mulla ‘Abdu-llah himself in his criticism of a single point, saying to him, “you are one of the learned men of the world and a thief of religion, and you engage in so many illegal practices that you have put yourself outside the pale of equity, so that even to this time the sound of pipe and tabor may be plainly heard issuing from your house, and in accordance with the true traditions of the prophet, on him be peace and . . . a fly which settles upon filth is by degrees better than learned men who have made kings and emperors the object of their ambition and gad from door to door. Verse. Learning which exists for the sake of pelf and garden Is like a lamp to the night-loving thief. - [Previous: 61.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.4) - [Next: 61.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.6) - [Up: 61.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.5) · Pramāṇa