Iḵẖwanu-ṣ-safā, or Brothers of purity / translated from the Hindūstānī of Ikrām 'Alī, by John Platts; carried through tne press by Edward B. Eastwick.

  • Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Iḵẖwanu-ṣ-safā, or Brothers of purity / translated from the Hindūstānī of Ikrām 'Alī, by John Platts; carried through tne press by Edward B. Eastwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IV. ON THE SEVERAL PLAINTS AGAINST THE MEN PUT IN BY EACH ANIMAL. The King turned to the men and said, “ You have heard this animal’s answer; now state whatever you have further to say.” They said, “ We have yet in reserve many arguments which establish our title. These are some of them:—We buy and sell them; feed and clothe them; shelter them from heat and cold ; shut our eyes to their faults; guard them from injury from beasts of prey; physic them through kind¬ ness when they are ill. These our dealings with them are the result of compassion and tenderness. It is the practice of all masters to deal tenderly and compassionately with their slaves under all circum¬ stances.” On hearing this the King said to the animals, “ Do you reply to this.” One of them spake, saying:— “As to what this man asserts, that ‘we buy and sell the animalsthis custom prevails with respect to men too. Thus, when the Persians conquer the