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The word niir, light, in this passage alludes to the name of his sect, 

 Roshenidh, the enlightened ; whom he represents as separated from the 

 race oi Jin and demons, who are sprung from fire^ and from unbelievers, 

 who are devoted to fire. 



On the other signet, which he employed in his capacity of prophet, was 

 the follov/ing inscription : 



Bayezid misTcin Tlie humble Ba'yezi'd, 



Hd dial muz all n.'^ The guide of those who err. 



These signets, sa.ys Akhu'n Derwezeh, are still preserved, and employ- 

 ed by his successors, who use no other personal signets, but say, " We 

 are one with BayezId, and the self-same spirit." 



After hazardincr so strikins: an innovation with success, it was not 



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probable, that he would hesitate at any thing of inferior importance. He is, 

 accordingly, said,, to have denied the Mb^/^w doctrine of the bridge of 

 dread, or Sird:-, over which mortals are believed to pass into Paradise: 

 he set aside the doctrines of the resurrection, and final judgment ; 

 and pronounced prosperity to be Paradise, and adversity Hell. This 

 countenances the assertion,. that in his higher degrees of illumination, he 

 totally denied the dodlrine of a future state, and directed his most perfect 

 disciples, to follow their pleasures without reserve, and gratify their in- 

 chnations without scruple. Certain it is, however, that he inculcated with 

 great success, on the rude Afghans, who were his followers, an absolute 

 right to dispose of the lives and properties of all who did not adhere to his 

 se6l. This principle is alluded to, in the following crude Pashtil verses of 

 Akh'un Derwe'zeh. 





