[262] جمع and فرق are terms used in a particular sense by the Sufis. In the state of jamá, “union,” the mystic sees but God and his unity; in the state of _ferk_, “division,” man enters again into the natural state, and occupies himself with good works and the fulfilment of precepts. He does even what is not prescribed conformably with this passage of the Koran (chap. XVII. v. 81): “Watch some part of the night in the same exercise (praying), as a work of supererogation for thee; peradventure thy Lord will raise thee to an honorable station.” These two states (union and division) are necessary to the mystic. The following passage of the Koran is quoted as an authority for this doctrine: _God testifies that there is no God but him_; this is “union;” _and the angels testify the same, as well as the men who possess the science_; this is “division.” [263] يافت دران مرغ زديوانکی مرغ دلم منصب پروانکی Literally: “In this bird from insanity the bird of my heart found the station of a command.” It is known that _murgh_, “birds,” among other significations, has that of “the heart, the understanding.” [264] _But-gadah_ appears to me to have been corrupted into _pagoda_, the modern name of a Hindu temple in popular language. This name has also been derived from _bhagavata_, but, if I am not mistaken, with less probability. [265] See page 292-293, note 1. [266] The Durds are the inhabitants of the mountainous country to the west of Kachmir. [267] We find nothing upon this Rahu in the preceding pages. [268] The practice of holding the breath, often mentioned in this work, is founded upon the belief, that to each man a certain number of respirations is allotted: the less he breathes the longer he lives.――(Shakespear’s Dictionary, p. 365.)