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This profile has been spreading a lot of misinformation lately as history. Only yesterday, he claimed that Aurangzeb did not send money to the Sharifs of Mecca and rather distributed it to the poor in India, when in reality he had sent 600,000 rupees to Mecca just taking care not to allow the bounty to land with the Sharifs.
Today, he lies about Akbar's so-called Islamic piety, and claims that Deen-i-Ilahi never even existed, both of which are false claims as I will prove.
1. That Akbar had doubts about his religion of birth is clear from his letter to King Philip II of Spain (SS1). He said: "every one continues, without investigating the arguments and reasons, to follow the religion in which he was born and educated, thus excluding himself from the possibility of ascertaining the truth, which is the noblest aim of the human intellect. Therefore we associate at convenient seasons with learned men of all religions, and thus derive profit from their exquisite discourses and exalted aspirations."
2. In order to disprove the Islamic doctrine of fitrah and the theory that Arabic is the language of God, Akbar carried out the infamous Gunga Mahal experiment, maiming 12 children in the process (SS2-3). This was documented both by Abul Fazl and Abdul Qadir Bada'uni, and the latter wrote of it critically due to its anti-Islamic intent (SS-4). Disbelievers can also sometimes go to great extremes.
3. As to his recitation of the Kalima at his deathbed - as his health failed, Hakim Ali Gilani and his Muslim nobles stopped allowing Jesuit missionaries, Hindu pandits, Jain munis, etc to attend his bedside. Akbar's finest years had been of religious dialogue with men of many faiths, but as his health declined, the Muslims of his court became overtly anxious about his "akhirah".
A man weak and dying in the company of Muslims constantly reminding him to chant the Kalimah would hardly say "Jai Shri Krishna" or "Om Suryay Namah". Even if he did, that would never make the records.
We will cover Din-i-Ilahi in Part 2 of 2.
Indian Muslim Archives@Rustum_0
Emperor-Caliph Akbar Bahadur was born a Muslim, lived as a Muslim, and died a Muslim. As for Din-i Ilahi, no such thing ever existed. It is a fabricated term, and he never founded any new religion. At his deathbed, he recited Kalimah, heard the Qur'an, & died affirming Tawheed of Allah Azzawajal. — Tuzuk-e Jahangiri.
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