Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.44.6

78.44.6

Learned monks also from Europe, who are called Pádre, and have an infallible head, called Pápá, who is able to change religious ordinances as he may deem advisable for the moment, and to whose authority kings must submit, brought the Gospel, and advanced proofs for the Trinity. His Majesty firmly believed in the truth of the Christian religion, and wishing to spread the doctrines of Jesus, ordered Prince Murád to take a few lessons in Christianity under good auspices, and charged Abul-fazl to translate the Gospel. Instead of the usual Bismilláh-irrahmán-irrahím the following line was used:— Ai námí vey zhezhu christu, that is “O thou, whose name is merciful and very bountiful.” Shaikh Faizí added to this the hemistich:— Subhánaka lá siwáka yá hú And the attributes of the accursed Antichrist and his qualities were ascribed by those accursed men to his lordship The Best of the Prophets (God bless him and his family and preserve him from all Imposters!) The accursed Birbar tried to persuade the Emperor, that since the sun gives light to all, and ripens all grain, fruits and products of the earth, and supports the life of mankind, therefore that luminary should be the object of worship and veneration; that the face should be turned towards the rising and not towards the setting sun, which is the west; that man should venerate fire, water, stones, and trees, and all natural objects, even down to cows and their dung; that he should adopt the sectarial mark, and Brahmanical thread.