[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › 354.1 # سندبادنامه 354.1 سندبادنامه 354.1 - **Language:** Persian ### [354.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.354.1) بومیذ مشو اگرجه اومیذ نماند کس در غم روز گار حاویذ نماند گر رابعهٔ‌ وقتست سنگ در قندیل عصمتش اندازم؛ واگر چون زهرهٔ‌ زهرا بر قبهآ خضر است ، بدانهٔ‌ حلتش در دام آرم . پس روز دیگر بر شکل زاهدهآی تعویدها در گردن افگند ، وتسبیح رگرفت ، وعصا ورکوه بدست کرد ، وبخانهآ آن زن رفت ، وخوذ را بکرامات ومقامات برو جلوه کرد ، ودل زن را در قبضهٔ‌ امر ونهی آورد . هر ساعت بطاعت مشغول شذی ، ونافلهآی وتطوعی بر آوردی؛ بروز طعام نخوردی ، یعنی صائم الدهر ؛ واگر باتفاق شی در وثاق او بماندی ، بقرصی جوین افطار کردی ، وهم برآن اختصار بموذی ، گفتی : گندم سبب زلت آدم بوذه است ، وجو طعمهآ انبیا ولقمهٔ‌ اولیاست . برین سیرت وسنت روز گار می گذاشت ، تا اعتقاد زن در زهد وصلاح ، وعصمت وعفت او هر روز راسخ تر می گشت ؛ وإخلاص او در اعمال دی ودنیاوی هر ساعت ظاهر بر می شذ . > “Do not despair, even if no hope remains; / no one remains forever in the sorrow of time. > Even if she were the Rābiʿa of her time, I would cast a stone at the lantern of her chastity; and if, > like radiant Venus, she were atop the green vault of heaven, I would bring her into the snare with the grain of trickery.” Then the next day, > in the guise of female ascetics, she hung amulets around her neck, took a rosary, and took staff and leather water-flask in hand, > went to that woman's house, displayed herself to her with spiritual charisms and stations, and brought the woman's heart under the sway of her command and prohibition. > Every hour she would occupy herself with acts of obedience and perform supererogatory and voluntary devotions; > by day she would eat no food, as if she were one who fasts perpetually; > and if by chance she stayed the night in her chamber, she would break her fast with a barley loaf and restrict herself to just that, > saying: “Wheat was the cause of Adam's lapse, > while barley is the food of the prophets and the morsel of the saints.” She spent her time in this conduct and way of life, > until the woman's belief in her asceticism and righteousness, and her chastity and modesty, grew firmer day by day; > and her sincere devotion in religious and worldly actions became more apparent with every passing hour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 353.5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.353.5) - [Next: 354.13](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.354.13) - [Up: 354](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.354) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.354.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.354.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.354.1) · Pramāṇa