Read the following passage.
Muslim Sultans and Badshahs did not claim to be incarnations of god but Persian court chronicles described the Sultan as the “Shadow of God”. An inscription in the Delhi mosque explained that God chose Alauddin as a king because he had the qualities of Moses and Solomon, the great lawgivers of the past. The greatest law¬giver and architect was God himself. He created the world out of chaos and introduced order and symmetry.
Now answer the following questions.
a. What was it that described the Sultan as the: “Shadow of God”?
b. Did the Muslim Sultans and Badshahs claim themselves to be the incarnations of God?
c. Why did God choose Allauddin as a king according to the inscription in the Delhi mosque?
d. Who were Moses and Solomon?
e. Who is actually the greatest lawgiver and architect?
