[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) › 41 # سندبادنامه 41 English (machine translation) 41 - **Language:** English ### [41](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.41) does not fear future torment, and does not refrain from stirring up discord and inciting corruption: ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.1.1) “Injustice is in the nature of souls; if you find / one who possesses chastity, it is due to some reason that he does no wrong.” And since in eternal wisdom and everlasting providence it was not hidden that along with the splendour of sovereignty and leadership, punishment is necessary, for the people of the world are of varied measure in stations, ascents, ranks, and degrees, and the pen without the sword, and knowledge without action, would be ineffective: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.41) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.41](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.41) · Pramāṇa