1870.] Arabic and Persian Inscriptions in the Hugli District. 297 



Inscriptions XI and XII (Arabic and Persian). 



(The Satganw Mosque.) 



Both inscriptions refer to the building of the Satganw mosque, 



the ruins of which still exist. The first inscription is a long basalt 



tablet, which stands in a slanting position within the enclosure of 



Fakhruddin's tomb, at the side of Inscr. X. 



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* aa»J ^ **>l ^ ajjo) [ S ^y; *i& ] ^i>J^ ciULSl ^ j^^I 



^^a. ^j) *lw X^^fli^Ual^^AlaJI^I J^oKJI JjUl) ^UaLJ) ^Uf 



»*-i^I v 9j«ajjs) u_Aj>) ^ y/j^* AfiUa. aXSI^jUj # ajUju«J ^ juUIj 



Jllx*^ l^*U* ;o 15 4.y& ei^iU^. ^it« A$ ^ts£ )j oLaS 



God has said, — c O ye that believe, when the call to prayer is heard on 

 Fridays, hasten to the worship of God, and give up buying and selling. This 

 is good for ye, if ye did believe.' [Qoran, LXIL, 9]. Legacies are not to be 

 taken possession of. The prophet, may God's blessing rest upon him, has 

 said — , ' When thou goest out of thine house, and it be Friday, thou art a 

 Muhdjir (companion of Muhammad's flight); and shouldst thou die on the road, 

 thou wilt be in Paradise, in the highest.' And the prophet has also said, — 

 ' He who wrongly takes possession of the property of a mosque and legacies, 

 acts as if he committed adultery with his daughter and his mother and his sister/ 

 The mosques belong to legacies * * * (illegible) — the light of his countenance on 

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