Muntakhab al-tawarikh 71.2

71.2

Since prohibited things are unlawful by the statutes of religion, He hastens to perform the deeds for which there is divine sanction. There have gathered together, to secure the victory of the army of Islam, The unrivalled warriors of his army, the brave men of his troops, Beneath his valorous standard, on the field of Fortune, May the favour of the Everlasting be his protector and ally. Oh thou by the generosity of whose hand all things have their being, By the sharpness of whose sword all properties both accidental and essential obtain permanence. In the first day of eternity, the object of creation for the Lord of the world was the evolution of thy form from this revolving sphere, Should Gabriel a second time be the bearer of revelation, Pure passages will be revealed in thy glory. Every subtilty of science which thy ruby lip pronounces Has become as famous in the world as the uninterrupted tradition. It is well-known that this is a commentary on the books of mathematical science, this wonderful composition of thine on the discovery of circles. How can any one deny the vastness of thy knowledge? None but a stubborn disputant will deny self-evident truths. I cannot estimate thy perfections, for in every art thou hast become perfectly skilled ; When compared to thy philosophic intellect and good fortune, the angelic essence becomes as one of the common material objects. Thy generosity is of such a nature that at the moment of bestowing