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CHAPTER I
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CONCERNING JUSTICE, COUNSEL, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT
The goodness of God surpasseth imagination; what service can the tongue of praise perform?
Keep, O God, this king,[5] Abu Bakr, beneath whose shadow is the protection of the people, long established upon his throne, and make his heart to live in obedience1 to Thee. Render fruitful his tree of hope; prolong his youth, and adorn2 his face with mercy.
O King! deck not thyself in royal garments when thou comest to worship: make thy supplications like a darwesh, saying: “O God! powerful and strong Thou art. I am no monarch3, but a beggar in Thy court. Unless Thy help sustain me, what can issue from my hand? Succour me, and give me the means of virtue4, or else how can I benefit my people?”
If thou rule by day, pray fervently5 by night. The great among thy servants wait upon thee at thy door; thus shouldest thou serve, with thy head in worship upon God’s threshold.
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Nushīravān’s[6] Counsel to His Son
Thus, when at the point of death, did Nushīravān counsel his son Hurmuz:
“Cherish the poor, and seek not thine own comfort. The shepherd should not sleep while the wolf is among the sheep. Protect the needy6, for a king wears his crown for the sake of his subjects. The people are as the root and the king as the tree; and the tree, O son, gains strength from the root. He should not oppress the people who has fear of injury to his kingdom. Seek not plenteousness in that land where the people are afflicted7 by the king. Fear them that are proud and them that fear not God.”
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obedience
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adorn
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monarch
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virtue
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needy
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discourse
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well-being
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rumours
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guise
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binds
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generosity
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remains
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slanderer
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envious
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maliciously
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chastely
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intrigues
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perfidious
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lustful
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malignity
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promotion
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wilt
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narrate
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erect
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sleeper
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countenance
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depicted
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malice
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inspector
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lustrous
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permissible
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heed
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remorseful
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admonishing
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benevolence
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virtues
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habitually
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ornament
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repulse
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treasuries
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ornaments
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retinue
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judgment
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distress
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compassion
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virtuous
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repose
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rebuked
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tattered
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exalted
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languish
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possessed
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labyrinth
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gem
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orphans
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locusts
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antidote
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