HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It was an attempt towards founding a universal religion
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It possessed the excellence of all the existing creeds but defects of none
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It was a concept of common citizenship of the people of common faith
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It was founded to instil intense loyalty to the emperor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Option B. It possessed the excellence of all the existing creeds but defects of none. This is the correct answer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Din-e Ilahi emphasized morality, piety and kindness. Just like Sufi Islam it regarded the yearning for God as a key feature of spirituality; just like Catholicism it took celibacy to be a virtue and just like Jainism it condemned the killing of animals.
Detailed explanation-3: -The name din-I-ilahi literally means the “Religion of God”. During the 1570s, while Akbar was at Fatehpur Sikri he started discussions on religion with the Zoroastrians, ulama, Roman Catholics, and Brahmins.
Detailed explanation-4: -Din-e Ilahi emphasized morality, piety and kindness. Just like Sufi Islam it regarded the yearning for God as a key feature of spirituality; just like Catholicism it took celibacy to be a virtue and just like Jainism it condemned the killing of animals.