The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Religion
The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Iran -- Religion; Religions
In three months after Bahman’s death, Khiradmand was restored to his
original place. _Buzurgi_ says:
The skilful and intelligent artist
Should have in this world two successive lives:
So that in one he might acquire experience,
Which he could carry into effect by another experiment.
Of these illustrious personages they have recorded many miraculous and
mysterious deeds; such as, in the upper world, hiding the sun’s disk;
causing him to appear at night; making the stars visible in the
day-time: and in this lower world, walking on the surface of water;
making trees productive out of season; restoring verdure to dried-up
wood; causing trees to bow down their heads; also showing themselves
between heaven and earth in the form of lightning; and such like: and,
in the animated world, metamorphosing animals; rendering themselves
invisible to men; appearing under various shapes and forms: some of
which wonders have been recorded in the _Bazmgah-i-Durveshi Khushí_.
They relate that these great personages were to such a degree enabled
to divest themselves of corporeal elements, that they quitted the body
at pleasure: also that they had acquired from the court of Heaven the
knowledge of all sciences whether known or occult, and _consequently_
had the power of exhibiting such wonderful works; having rendered, by
the efficacy of their austerities, elementary matter subject to
themselves. The author of these pages beheld these four holy
personages, Kharrad, Farshid wird, Bahman, and Khiradmand, in Patna,
on which occasion they bestowed their benedictions, and imparted to
him the glad tidings of the means of obtaining the great object, or
final salvation. Shaikh Saadi says:
“It becomes the truly wise to pass every day in the exercise of
holy zeal,
And to offer up prayers for the prosperity of durveshes.”
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