5. Proverbs about Bahnas.
Various sayings show that the Bahna is not considered a proper Muhammadan, as
Turuk to Turuk
Aur Bahna Turuk,
or ‘A Muhammadan (Turk) is a Muhammadan and the Bahna is also a Muhammadan’; and again—
Achera,[6] Kachera, Pinjāra,
Muhammad se dūr, Dīn se niyāra,
or ‘The Kachera and Pinjāra are lost to Muhammad and far from the faith’; and again—
Adho Hindu adho Musalmān
Tinkhon kahen Dhunak Pathān,