سندبادنامه 304

304.1

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: