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Source: The post is based on the article “Vice President releases the Arabic Version of “Majma Ul-Bahrain” of Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh” published in PIB on 9th September 2022.
What is the News?
The Vice President has released the Arabic Version of “Majma Ul-Bahrain” of Dara Shikoh in New Delhi.
What is Majma-ul-Bahrain?
Majma-ul-Bahrain (“The Confluence of the Two Seas” or “The Mingling of the Two Oceans”) is a book on comparative religion authored by Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh.
The book throws invaluable light on the similarities between religions and helps bring stronger unity among the people of India.
In this book, Dara Shikoh listed one by one, all the commonalities between Hinduism (Vedanta) and Islam (Sufism) and came to the conclusion that the difference between Islam and Hinduism is only verbal.