The Book of Akbar 192.8

192.8

M. ‘Askarī brought his Majesty, the king of kings, to Qandahar on 18th Ramazan, 950 (16th December, 1543), and assigned him a residence in the citadel near himself. Maham Agha, Jiji Anaga and Atka Khan were made eternally fortunate by serving him, and longed for the diffusion of the light of holiness. The Mīrza made over this nursling of fortune who was growing up in the shadow of the Divine protection, to his own wife Sultan Begam, and that cupola of chastity out of her abundant wisdom, lovingly and devotedly tended him. To appearance she watched over him, but in reality she was keeping herself alongside of light absolute, and so receiving illumination, and day by day she was beholding more and more the glory (farr) of greatness proceeding from the light-increasing brows of that world-blessing. Evil thoughts respecting one who is God-supported and in whose person God-nourished light exists, can only terminate in good, and out of contrariety nothing can come except service and benefit.