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A disciple of Husāmu-’d-Dīn wished to make a vow never to do an act not expressly authorised by the Canon Law of Islām. For the purpose of administering the oath to him, instead of the Qur’ān, a copy of the Ilāhī-nāma (Divine Hymns) of the philosopher Sanā’ī was placed on a lectern, covered over with a cloth, and tendered as “the Book” on which he was to swear.

Just then, Jelāl came into the room, and asked what was going on. Husām replied: “One of my disciples is going to make a vow against backsliding. We shrank from swearing him on the Qur’ān, and have therefore prepared a copy of the Ilāhī-nāma for the occasion.”

Jelāl observed: “Indeed! Why, the Ilāhī-nāma would draw down on a forswearer a more severe chastisement than the Qur’ān itself. The Word of God is but milk, of which the Ilāhī-nāma is the cream and the butter!”