[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) › 311.23 # سندبادنامه 311.23 English (machine translation) 311.23 - **Language:** English ### [311.23](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.311.23) and the calamities of time it suffers neither stagnation nor ruin. The king has traversed the path of equity and justice over the whole world, which constitutes the dependents of his majesty and the subjects of the heights of his punishment; that then the offspring of royal good fortune and the cream of majesty should, by the instigation of one deficient in intellect, be made the target of the arrow of destruction does not appear conformable and suitable to intellect in the Sharīʿa of generosity and the custom of religion, and the mufti of intellect will not set his pen upon the clean sheet of this legal opinion; and when the report of this punishment, by means of the news arriving and departing, reaches from the gates of the capital to the hearing of the kings of the realms, the natures and hearing of kings and sultans will turn in revulsion from sincerity and agreement with this dynasty; and the eye of greed of the corrupt will open upon the expanse of the kingdom and the realm, and the hand of interference of the enemies of the state will be stretched forth; and the wise of the world and the learned of the earth, who watch over the affairs of the public, will consider the execution of this punishment pure error and unmitigated blunder, and will attribute his viziers and courtiers to weakness of intellect and foolishness of judgment. And to the world-adorning, justice-decreeing judgment of the shah—before which the sun is like the shadow of a wall upon the face of time \[…\]—it is firmly established that for kings and amirs there is no greater fault than paying regard to the words of women; and giving their speech— which incites upheaval and causes slips—a place in fancy and imagination, and in mind and thought, is far from intellect and reason. And whoever relies upon the affection of women and their compliance will, in the end, be trapped in the abyss of loss and regret, - [Previous: 311.22](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.311.22) - [Next: 311.40](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.311.40) - [Up: 311](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.311) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.311.23) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.311.23](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.311.23) · Pramāṇa