Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.1.4

79.1.4

After that the Emperor had started [for Ajmir] Makhdum-ul-mulk and Shaikh Abd-un-nabi tempted mankind by suggesting the forgery of the Qur’an, and by going out of the way to show the impossibility of inspiration, and by throwing doubts on the authority of prophets and Imams, and utterly denying the existence of demons and angels, and all mysteries and signs and miracles. Also the integrity of the traditional Text of the Qur’an and its verbal authority, and existence of the soul after the dissolution of the body, and reward and punishment other than by means of transmigration they deemed impossible, and tenaciously brought forward such verses as these: “How much of Truth is in the hand of the tomb! The Qur’an remains, and many an old Tomb. The Tomb tells not a word to any, For the secret of the Qur’an none searches. The Festival is come, and all shall be well—like the face of the bride, The cupbearer will pour pure wine into the cup—like the blood of the cock, The bridle of prayer, and the muzzle of fasting—Once again It will remove from the necks of these asses—Aha! aha!”