[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt) › 296 # سندبادنامه 296 English (machine translation) 296 - **Language:** English ### [296.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.296.1) For a time we were gathered together like the Pleiades, / safe from parting and free from distress. It seems that we were not grateful for union with it, / for time scattered us like the daughters of the Bier. It bade farewell to friends and kin, and went from there to an island in which security, ease, abundance, and leisure were attained, free of intruders, and unconcerned with pursuers. It adopted piety and devoutness, turned its face toward the abode of the hereafter, and \[found\] peace. ### [296.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.296.7) 13. The Story of the Hog, the Fig Tree, and the Ape It took hold of the firm rope of obedience, and placed the foot of contentment upon the face of lust and greed; it chose harmlessness, and adopted piety and abstinence as its inner and outer garment. When it found stability in the realm of contentment and tasted its sweetness, it said: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.296.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.296](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.296) · Pramāṇa