سندبادنامه 304.1

304.1

حسد آنحا کی آتش افروزذ خرمن عقل وعافیت سوزذ آواز داذ کی ای براذر ، موضعی بغایت نزه وخرم ، ومتنیزهی بی رنج وغم یافتةآی ! هوای او دل را موافق ، وغذای او بنیت را ملام ولایق ، دولتی صافی ، ومملکتی مستخلص ، از آمذ وشذ مزاحمان فارغ ، واز اختلاف صادر ووارد منزه ، قدر این نعم جسیم ، وأرج این مواهب عظیم می دانی ؟ وصدقات وزکوات بدرویشان ومستحقان می رسانی ؟ ودانم کی غشر5 وحمس این غلات ، ونزل ور بع این مستغلات بدواوین سلاطین بمی دهی ! آخر زکوة این تمرات بمسا کین برسان کی شر الناس من أ کل وحده ، وبزرگان گفته اند :

Wherever envy kindles a fire, / it burns the harvest of intellect and well-being.
He called out: "O brother, an exceedingly pleasant and delightful place, a pleasure-ground free of pain and sorrow,
you have found! Its air is agreeable to the heart, and its nourishment suitable and fitting for the constitution; a pure
fortune, and a secluded domain, free from the coming and going of meddlers, and clear from the turmoil
of departing and arriving [travelers]. Do you know the value of these enormous blessings and the worth of these great gifts?
And do you deliver alms and zakāt to the poor and deserving? And I know that you do not give the tithe
and the fifth of these crops, nor the provisions and tribute of these real estates, to the chanceries of the sultans! After all,
deliver the zakāt of these fruits to the indigent, for 'the worst of people is he who eats alone', and the elders
have said: