The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.142

v4.c16.142

Badāūnī also describes with much gusto his death agonies, and thus excuses himself for his vilification of a deceased benefactor. “If any should ask in accordance with what rules of generosity and fidelity I arraign him so harshly . . . I reply, ‘All this is true, but what can I do? For the claim of the faith and the safeguarding of its covenant are above all other claims; and love is of God and hatred is of God’.”