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# سندبادنامه 2.1

سندبادنامه 2.1

- **Language:** Persian

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.2.1)

صلاح العباد ورشد آلأمم أمن البریة من کل غم بشیئین ما لهما ثالث بخرق الحسام ورفق القلم پس دین را بملک تقویت کرد، وملک را بدین برسب داذ، و هر دورا بیک2 دیگر ثابت ومحکم وقوی ومستحکم گردانذ ، وبعد از امتثال اوامر و بواهی الهی بارتسام وانقیاد اولی الامر فرموذ وطاعت ومطاوعت ایشان با بحری رضای خویش وانبیا کی نواب مطلق اند برابر داشت ، چنانک می فرمایذ : د اطیعوا الله واطیعوا الرسو ل وأولی آلامر منکم (60/4) ، پس ازین حای روشن می شوذ کی دین بی ملک ضایع میگردذ ، وملک بی دین باطل ، وقد قال النی علیه السلام : الدین والملک توأمان ، وکشتاسف که واسطهآ قلاده 18

> “The righteousness of the servants and rectitude of the nations, the safety of creation from every grief,  
> comes from two things with no third between them: the cleaving of the sword and the gentleness of the pen.”  
> Therefore He reinforced religion with kingship, and gave lustre to kingship through religion, and made each of the two  
> settled, firm, powerful, and fortified by the other; and after obedience to the divine commands and prohibitions,  
> He commanded compliance and submission to those in authority, and deemed obedience and submission to them equal  
> to His own pleasure and that of the prophets who are absolute deputies, as He says:  
> “Obey God and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you” (4:59). Hence, from this  
> it becomes clear that religion without kingship goes to ruin, and kingship without religion becomes void.  
> And the Prophet—peace be upon him—said: “Religion and kingship are twin brothers.” And Gushtāsp, who was the central gem in the necklace  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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