[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) › 61.7.6 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.7.6 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 61.7.6 - **Language:** English ### [61.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.6) In accordance with these premisses he uttered so many spalling satires \[on those who preach but do not practise, citing in support of his arguments examples from the Qur'an and Traditions\] that Mulla 'Abdu-llah was not able to say a single word in defence. One day in the midst of the argument it happened that the learned Mulla Jalal Halwa of Agra having turned up that tradition which relates to the description and evidences of the promised Mahdi, read as follows, . . . on the form of the aphalul tafzil derived from . . . Shaikh 'Alai smiled, and said, "Good Heavens! You have given yourself out to the world as a marvel of learning, and yet you cannot read with a proper pronunciation, you have no knowledge of the debricies, and subtleties and minutiae of the science of tradition. The real reading is Ajlau-l-jabhah which is the form Af'alu, tafzil from jala, not from jalal which is your own name.” - [Previous: 61.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.5) - [Next: 61.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.7) - [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.61.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.7.6) · Pramāṇa