[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) › 92.11 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 92.11 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 92.11 - **Language:** English ### [92.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.11) It chanced that towards the close of the same day the Shaikh was explaining the mysticism of the Sufis in the masjid, and he read some verses from the Divan of Khaja Hafiz. One of the companions of the late Husain Khan asked whose disciple Khwaja-i-Hafiz was, and the Shaikh said, “He was the disciple of Khwaja Naqshband,” (may God sanctify his soul!) Another, apropos of the same subject, asked “How was horse flesh regarded in the religion of the greatest of the Imams?” (i.e. was it lawful food or not?) The Shaikh replied that the greatest of the Imams himself ate horse flesh, and when he reached this couplet — “The Sufis celebrate in one moment two 'ids (great feasts) “Spiders make pemmican of a fly.” then I too, trusting in my own singleness of heart, thoughtlessly asked, “What is meant by the ‘two 'ids?’” This question annoyed the Shaikh and he angrily said, “Let Bayazid and Junaid, or Shibli and Mansur ask such a question as this. What have you to do with such a question?” And falling into this vein he spoke much, on the subject, and I, hanging my head with shame, repented my indiscretion. Husain Khan, biting his finger with consternation, looked ever and anon towards me, and his friends were all bewildered. Suddenly my lot was lightened by the rising of the (joyful) clamour which is heard on the appearance of the new moon of the id, and all rose and busied themselves in mutual congratulations and hand-shakings. - [Previous: 92.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.10) - [Next: 92.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.12) - [Up: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.11) · Pramāṇa