Of a majesty that was firm as a mountain.

Do not wound the hearts of dervishes, 535

Do not throw thyself into burning fire!

FOOTNOTES:

[52] Sheikh Sharafu’ddín of Pánípat, who is better known as Bú Ali Qalandar, was a great saint. He died about a.d. 1325.

[53] Amír Khusrau of Delhi, the most celebrated of the Persian poets of India.


VI

A tale of which the moral is that negation of the Self is a doctrine invented by the subject races of mankind in order that by this means they may sap and weaken the character of their rulers.