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# سندبادنامه 185.16

سندبادنامه 185.16

- **Language:** Persian

### [185.16](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.185.16)

ای سحان الله ! ندانی کی مرغان دروغ نگویند ، وتمویه وتزویر نسگالند ، وآنچ گویند از دیذه وشنیذه گویند ؛ چرا بأول حال استفسار این اخبار ، واستطلاع این اعمال نکردی ؟ وشرط تأتی واحتیاط بحای بیاوردی ؟ کی زنانرا در مکر وغدر تصنیفها ، ودر خداع وحلت تألیفهاست ، بذان درجه کی ابلیس باکمال

> O glory be to God! Do you not know that birds do not tell lies, nor do they ponder deception and fraud, and whatever  
> they say, they say from what they have seen and heard? Why did you not in the very first place inquire into these reports and investigate  
> these deeds, and fulfill the requirements of deliberation and caution? For women have compositions in wiles  
> and treachery, and compilations in deceit and stratagems, to such a degree that Iblīs, with all his mastery of sorcery  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.185.16) — English, machine translation

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