[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) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 933.5.6 # The Memoirs of Bābur 933.5.6 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 933.5.6 - **Language:** English ### [933.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.5.6) The successive gifts of the Almighty are the cause of frequent praises and thanksgivings, and the number of these praises and thanksgivings is, in its turn, the cause of the constant succession of God's mercies. For every mercy a thanksgiving is due, and every thanksgiving is followed by a mercy. To render full thanks is beyond men's power; the mightiest are helpless to discharge their obligations. Above all, adequate thanks cannot be rendered for a benefit than which none is greater in the world and nothing is more blessed, in the world to come, to wit, victory over most powerful infidels and dominion over wealthiest heretics, "\_these are the unbelievers\_, \_the wicked\_."\[2041\] In the eyes of the judicious, no blessing can be greater than this. Thanks be to God! that this great blessing and mighty boon, which from the cradle until now has been the real object of this right-thinking mind (Bābur's), has now manifested itself by the graciousness of the King of the worlds; the Opener who dispenses his treasures without awaiting solicitation, hath opened them with a master-key before our victorious Nawāb (Bābur),\[2042\] so that the names of our\[2043\] conquering heroes have been emblazoned in the records of glorious \_ghāzīs\_. By the help of our victorious soldiers the \[Sidenote: Fol. 317.\] standards of Islām have been raised to the highest pinnacles. The account of this auspicious fortune is as follows:— (\_b. Rānā Sangā and his forces.\_) - [Previous: 933.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.5.5) - [Next: 933.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.5.7) - [Up: 933.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.5.6) · Pramāṇa