The Emperor Who Never Was by Supriya Gandhi

Author:Supriya Gandhi
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Harvard University Press

Dara fuses a quatrain of his own composition with his report of Kabir’s words.100 These Persian lines of verse in no way resemble the Hindavi poetry commonly associated with Kabir. The Persianizing of Baba Lal and Kabir in the Hasanat-ul-arifin allows them and their sayings to seamlessly integrate into the company of the Sufi luminaries whom Dara Shukoh held in high esteem.

Other Muslim authorities in Dara’s age also regarded Kabir as a monotheist. In the Akhbar-ul-akhyar, the renowned Abd-ul-Haqq of Delhi relates an anecdote involving Kabir that he heard from his uncle. Apparently, when Abd-ul-Haqq’s father was a young child, he asked his own father, “Was this famous Kabir, whose utterances people recite, a Muslim or a kafir?” Abd-ul-Haqq’s grandfather replied that Kabir was a monotheist (muwahhid). The child then asked, “Does this mean that a muwahhid is neither a kafir nor a Muslim?” to which the old man retorted, “To understand this matter is difficult. [Later] you will understand.”101

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