“By living upon milk of camels and upon lizards, The Arabians raised their fortune; So that they now covet Ajem: Fie upon thee, O revolving world, fie!” Khaja abd ul látíf,[78] who was one of the distinguished personages of Maverah ul naher, gifted with the talent of subtile distinctions, raised doubts upon the truth of the saying: ‘The neck of the lord Muhammed is similar to the neck of an idol.’ If that prevailed, then idolatry would be laudable. In like manner, the tradition about the she-camel straying far off,[79] which is published in the _Sír_, “acts and deeds;” then the assault upon the caravan of the Koraish, in the beginning of the Hejira;[80] also demanding nine wives,[81] and the interdiction of women from husbands according to the pleasure of the prophet, and this taking place;[82] the companions giving up their body; which is to be known by reading the book _Sír_; further, the appointment of the three first khalifs;[83] the affair of Fadek;[84] the war of Safín;[85] the victory of the Shiâhs; and the defeat of the Sonnites: _all these topics are subject to reflection_. At a convivial meeting on the new-year’s festival, a Kási and a Mufti were inclined to drink cups of wine. Shaik Abu ’l Fazil, as a counterpart to the explanation of the verse of the Koran, called “the throne,”[86] composed a sermon in two parts. He also translated the Mahábharat, which is the history of the wars of the ancient Hindu chiefs. Some learned men denied absolutely the affair of Muhammed’s marriage night with _Sidíkáh_,[87] and blamed the deed of David concerning Uriah’s wife.