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# سندبادنامه 214.1

سندبادنامه 214.1

- **Language:** Persian

### [214.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.214.1)

دستی کی برا نخواهذ آن دست بتر وخذای تعالی می فرمایذ : عسی أن تکرهوا شیا وهو خیر لکم وعسی أن تحبوا شیا وهو شر لکم (216/2) . شاه چون این کلمات ومقدمات بشنیذ مثال داذ تا پسر را سیاست کنند چون خبر سیاست بسمع وزیر دوم رسیذ ، سیاف را فرموذ کی 4 کشتن در تأخیر دار ، تا من شاه را ببینم وفواید ترک تعجیل با او بگویم امذن وزیر دوم بحضرت شاه (1/6) وزیر ثانی ، کی در علم وحکمت وهنر وکفایت ثانی نداشت ، باقتضای رأی مشکل گشای حضرت آمذ ، وبعد از تقدیم مراسم خدمت ، وشرایط حمد وتنا وتحیت ، گفت : بحمد الله تعالی کواکب عدل یاذشاه از افق آسمان تدبیر ثاقب وطالع است ، وکافهآ خلایق اوامر ونواهی پاذشاهی را خاضع وطایع ، واقاصی وادانی در ظل عواطف این دولت ، از سموم ستم ، وحرور حوادث ، وانیاب نوایب روز گار مرفه ومنعم

> "A hand that does not obey—that hand is best \[severed\]."  
> And God the Exalted says: 'Perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps  
> you love a thing and it is bad for you.' When the shah heard these words and premises,  
> he commanded that they punish the son.  
> When news of the punishment reached the ears of the second vizier, he ordered the executioner:  
> "Delay the killing until I see the shah and explain to him the benefits of abandoning haste."  
> Arrival of the Second Vizier in the Presence of the Shah  
> The second vizier, who had no second in knowledge, wisdom, skill, and competence,  
> came before the court at the demand of his problem-solving judgment, and after performing the rites  
> of service and the requirements of praise, laudation, and greeting, said: "Praise be to God the Exalted, the stars of the king's justice  
> are piercing and ascendant from the horizon of the sky of deliberation, and all created beings are humble and obedient to the king's commands  
> and prohibitions, and the far and the near in the shade of the favors of this state  
> are at ease and blessed, safe from the poisonous winds of tyranny, the burning heat of calamities, and the fangs of the misfortunes of time;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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