[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) › 78.1.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.1.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 78.1.1 - **Language:** English ### [78.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.1.1) "From the bowl of Fortune, who has ever drunk a draught, To whom its drink has not been more deadly than poison? How should the world make thee secure from vicissitudes, When itself is not secure from vicissitudes? Heaven is a thief breaking into the tent of life, Alas! its form is not bending for naught! Seek not repose, since for any one beneath the sky, The means for attaining this has never been collected. Only look at the blue garment of the sky, and learn, That this sphere can be nothing but a house of mourning. Put up with wounding, for to us from Fate Wounds have become our portion, but not the antidote. not to the deceptions of the world revolution them!), and in his no of God, and the Word of the Prophet to see a certain ascetic Dervish, and asked the meaning of the Qur’an, \[iii 25\]: "Thou exaltest whom thou wilt, and thou humblest whom thou wilt.” And, since the Dervish had not read a commentary, he gave no answer. Then the Khán Khánán himself said, “Thou exaltest whom thou wilt”, namely by means of contentment, “thou humblest whom thou wilt”, by continued craving. Moreover Friday’s prayers and attendance at the mosque were never neglected by him. He was, however, somewhat touchy on the subject of precedence, as Muhammad Amin Khatib once said to the writer, “With regard to the titles of his Highness, you will do well to give him ever so many more than to other people.” - [Previous: 77.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.8.7) - [Next: 78.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.1.2) - [Up: 78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.1.1) · Pramāṇa