The Nāṣirī Generations 285.3

285.3

“When they had covered it up, in a corner of this chamber, that poor creature turned his face towards the kiblah, repeated a prayer of two genuflexions, and then occupied himself in repeating the Musalman creed. Suddenly, a side of the chamber opened, and two persons, so majestic and awe-striking that the bile of a hundred thousand lions, at their aspect, would turn to water, entered. Each of them bore a fiery javelin, out of which issued flames of fire, and the flames encircled the couch of the [dead] Mughal all round ; and a small spark from the fiery sparks [issuing from the flames], about the size of a needle’s point, fell upon the cheek of that youth, burnt it, and made it smart. One of these two persons said ; ' There appears to be a Musalman here and the other turned his face on the youth and asked : ‘ Who art thou ? ’ The youth states that he answered; 'I am a poor and miserable captive, captured by the hands of that Mughal.' They demanded : 'From whence art thou ? ' and I replied : ‘ From Tirmid.' They then struck one side of the chamber with the heads of their javelins, and it rent asunder to the extent of about [the size of] a doorway, and they said: ‘Go out!’ and I placed my foot without, and I found myself in the Tirmid country.”