لولاه لما تخرج الدنيا من العدم
“Without him the world would never have come forth from nothingness.” This is one of the celebrated traditions respecting Muhammed, contained in the following words:
لولاک ما حلقت الافلاک
“If it had not been for thee (Muhammed), the worlds would never have been created.” This encomiastic expression has been reproduced in several other poems, Arabic, Persian, and Hindostani. See upon this subject, “Les aventures de Kamrup,” p. 146-147, and “Les OEuvres de Wali,” p. 51-52, traduites de l’Hindoustani, par M. Garcin de Tassy.
[227] The manuscript of Oude has here: محسن فانی گوبه, “Mohsen Fáni says:” which would leave no doubt upon the name of the author of this book, if these words were not a mere addition of the copyist.
CHAPTER I.
OF THE RELIGION OF THE PARSIÁN.
This chapter is divided into fifteen sections.
- Sect. I. of the religious tenets and ceremonies of the Sipásíán.
- Sect. II. of the distinguished men amongst the Sipásíán.
- Sect. III. of the ordinances contained in the book revealed to Abád.
- Sect. IV. of the Jemsháspián.
- Sect. V. of the Samrádíán.
- Sect. VI. of the religion of the Khodáníán.
- Sect. VII. of the tenets of the Rádîan.
- Sect. VIII. of the religion of the Shídrangíán.
- Sect. IX. of the belief of the Pykeríán.
- Sect. X. of the tenets of the Miláníán.
- Sect. XI. of the doctrines of the Aláríán.
- Sect. XII. of the religious opinions of the Shídábíán.
- Sect. XIII. of the religion of the Akhshíán.
- Sect. XIV. of the belief of the Zerdushtián.
- Sect. XV. of the doctrine of the Mazdakíán.