سندبادنامه 267.1

267.1

Through the son, the father's step endures; / Through the son, the father's name is alive.
Merely upon the incitement and confusion wrought by one who seeks the impossible and pictures a phantom, to command punishment
whose remedy cannot be contained in the imagination is neither in accord with justice nor befitting the excellence
of the king. And even if some alteration has appeared upon the tablets of minds, these pretexts
do not warrant haste in punishment; and kings have established custody and prison for this very purpose of wisdom,
and have arranged it for this precise subtlety, so that in future days of inquiry and interpretation,