History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c40.s5.14

v3.c40.s5.14

Next, Shah Jahan warned his cruel son to remember that his sons might treat him as he had treated his own father! Aurangzib's reply breathes the confident self-righteousness of the Pharisee: ''Well, nothing happens without God's will. The fate that you have mentioned overtook (my) elders also. How can I escape from the dispensations of Providence? Every one gets from God a return according to his own intentions, and as my intentions are good, I believe that I shall not get anything but good [from my sons].''