سندبادنامه 377.1

377.1

"Eat the greens from wherever they are brought to you pleasantly, and do not ask about the greengrocer's plot!"
I have told this fable so that it may be clarified and established in the most radiant judgment and most noble, exalted mind
that in complicated matters and difficult concerns one must take great precaution at the outset of affairs,
and give thought to the outcomes and consequences, so that the sun of certainty [may rise] from
the veil of doubt may be removed, and the face of the purpose may appear like the world-illuminating day; and
since the words and deeds of women are neither reliable nor trustworthy in the eyes of any wise person; and their wiles
are more than can be counted; and God the Exalted, despite His majesty and greatness,
has called the guile of women great, as He said: 'Truly your guile is great'
(12:28), and has commanded avoidance and caution against it; and the Commander of the Faithful ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb,
may God be pleased with him, who was the founder of religion and the second of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, says: