[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [The Book of Akbar](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › 2.15 # The Book of Akbar 2.15 Akbarnāma 2.15 - **Language:** Persian ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.2.15) این خواب که از دیدهآ جان پرده گسل بود خوابش نتوان گفت که بیداری دل بود > At length, on 4th Rabi'u-l-awwal, 947, of the lunar (Hijra) era (Friday, 10 July, 1540) his Majesty Jahanbani Jannat-ashiyani had, after paying his devotions to the Author of bounty, laid for a time his head on the pillow of repose and his limbs on the couch of tranquility, when, suddenly, under the auspicious veil of sleep,—hence called the cabinet of secrets—he became aware that God, (Glory be to Him) was bestowing on him an illustrious successor whose greatness shone from his forelock, and the lightning of whose splendour was flashing from his temples. From the light of his guidance, the dark regions of thoughts and opinions were illuminated, and the glory of his justice was lighting up the fields of night and day. It is in accordance with the communication which was made by the messengers of the invisible world regarding his Majesty (Akbar) that the glorious name of that divine masterpiece exalts at the present day, pulpits and proclamations. The superscriptions of the gold and silver coins also tell of it. When his Majesty awoke, he first returned thanks to God for the majestic message and splendid grace and then told the circumstance to the intimates of his harem and the servants of his threshold. Verse. A sleep which tore the veil from before the eyes of the soul. Cannot be called sleep; it was the heart's waking. > — Henry Beveridge 1897, The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II - [Previous: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.2.9) - [Next: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.3.1) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.9.3) — Henry Beveridge 1897, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.2.15) · Pramāṇa