[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) › 65.5.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 65.5.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 65.5.1 - **Language:** English ### [65.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.1) Verse. Never in the garden of Faith has a blade fulfilled its promise, Nor has a shaft aimed at Heaven failed to strike the mark. The tailor of Fate has never clothed any man in a garment which it has not afterwards torn from him. The Age has never given any coin which it has not changed. The Time has never played any piece without practising deception with it. Whom has the Heaven placed in safety beneath the Sun, That it has not made short-lived like the shining dawn? Khāqānī, cast dust into the eyes of the world, For it has caused thee pain in the eyes and has given thee no remedy. Maulana Qasim Kahi wrote this: Verse. Kamran, than whom no man has been found more fitted for sovereignty, Went from Kabul to the Ka‘bah, and there committed his soul to God, and his body to the dust. Kahi spake this as a tarikh to commemorate his death, Padshah Kamran died at the Ka'bah. And the poet Waisi wrote: Verse. Shah Kamran the renowned Khusru, Who in majesty raised his head to Kaiwan. Faithfully served the holy temple four years And entirely freed his heart from worldly bonds, After performing his fourth pilgrimage In pilgrim garb, he yielded up his soul to his Lord. One night as Wais was holden with sleep, He visited him and called him towards himself, And said, “If they ask thee concerning my death Reply, “The pardoned Shah remained in Makka.” - [Previous: 65.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.4.8) - [Next: 65.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.2) - [Up: 65.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.1) · Pramāṇa