Section: His Zeal for the King's Interests

min ṣighār al-umūr an taṣīr kibāran aw min kibārihā an taʻūd ṣighāran , akhbara bi-ḥaqāʼiqihā fī al-mabādiʼ mukhbiran , wa-fī al-ghāyāt mushīran . Fa-in akhbara bi-al-ghāyāt wa-aʻraḍa ʻan dhikr al-mabādiʼ , kāna tadlīsan li-khabarihi bi-mashūratihi , fa-lam yuʼaddi al-amānah fī khabarihi , wa-an lam yakun fī munāṣaḥatihi . Fa-kāna bi-al-inkār ḥaqīqan wa-al-dhamm jadīran . Wa-qad qīla : rubba ṣabābah ghurisat min laḥẓah , wa-ḥarb juniyat min lafẓah .

Faṣl

( ḥirṣuhu ʻalá maṣāliḥ al-malik )

Wa-al-faṣl al-rābiʻ min qawānīn hādhihi al-wizārah : an yaftadī rāḥat al-malik bi-taʻabihi , wa-yaqī daʻatahu bi-naṣabihi , wa-lā yaghīb idhā urīda , wa-lā yasʼam idhā uʻīda ; li-annahu lisān al-malik idhā naṭaqa , wa-ʻaynuhu idhā ramaqa , wa-yaduhu idhā baṭasha , fa-lā tabʻud ʻan duʻāʼihi , wa-lā taḍjar min nidāʼihi , li-anna ʻawāriḍ al-malik min hawājis afkārihi wa-taqallub khāṭirihi . Wa-qad yatajaddad maʻa al-awqāt mā-lā yuʻraf asbābihi , wa-lā tataʻayyan awqātihi . Fa-li-yakun ʻalá raṣad minhā ḥattá lā taqif bihi aghrāḍ al-malik fa-yufḍī ilá nufūr aw ḍajar , wa-huwa min kull wāḥid minhumā ʻalá khaṭar . Li-annahu qad yuʼākhadh bi-al-jarīrah qabla ẓuhūrihā ; wa-yuʻāqab ʻalá al-ṣaghīrah mithl kabīrihā , idhā ḥakama bi-al-hawá wa-wathaba bi-al-qudrah . Wa-min hādhā al-wajh khālafa wazīr al-tafwīḍ al-ladhī yajūz an yataʼakhkhar bi-mubāsharat al-umūr ; ʻan muwāṣalat al-ḥuḍūr . Wa-hādhā al-wazīr maqṣūr ʻalá al-ḥuḍūr dūna al-ʻamal fa-ṣāra hādhā akthar naqlan ; wa-dhālika akthar ʻamalan . Wa-rubbamā malla al-mulāzamah fa-aʻqabatʹhu asafan idhā fāraqahā , li-anna fī mulāzamatihi li-al-malik naṣaban yaqtarin bi-ʻizz , wa-fī mutārakatihi rāḥah taʼūl ilá dhull ; wa-humā mā humā fī al-tabāyun . Fa-li-yakhtar li-nafsihi mā wāfaqahā min ʻizz yajtadhibuhu bi-al-kadd , aw-dhull yaʼūl ilayhi bi-al-daʻah . Fa-innahu in ṣabara ʻalá iʻādat al-malik ẓafira bi-irādatihi min al-malik wa-huwa ʻalá al-ḍamān in khālafahā . Wa-qad qāla Anūshirwān : mā istanjaḥat al-umūr bi-mithl al-ṣabr , wa-lā iktasabat al-baghḍāʼ bi-mithl al-kibr . Wa-qad qīla : man khadama al-sulṭān khadamahu al-ikhwān . Fa-iṭṭarada ʻalá hādhā al-taʻlīl : anna man tanakkara lahu al-sulṭān khadhalahu al-ikhwān . Li-annahu matbūʻ ʻalá taḥakkumihi , wa-musāʻid ʻalá tawahhumihi

Fa-hādhā mā ikhtaṣṣa bi-qawānīn wizārat al-tanfīdh baʻda mā qaddamnāhu min qawānīn wizārat al-tafwīḍ, thumma yakhtalifān fī aṣl al-taqlīd min sittah awjuh . Aḥaduhā anna al-malik yuqallid wazīr al-tafwīḍ fī ḥuqūqihi wa-ḥuqūq raʻiyyatihi , wa-yuqallid wazīr al-tanfīdh yumḍīhā bi-awāmir al-malik wa-ʻan raʼyihi . Wa-al-thānī anna wizārat al-tafwīḍ taftaqir ilá ʻaqd yaṣiḥḥ bihi nufūdh afʻālihi ; wa-wizārat al-tanfīdh lā-taftaqir ilá ʻaqd li-annahu fīhā maʼmūr bi-tanfīdh mā-ṣadara ʻan amr al-malik . Wa-al-thālith anna wazīr al-tafwīḍ maʼkhūdh bi-dark mā-amḍāhu . Wa-al-rābiʻ anna wazīr al-tafwīḍ lā-yanʻazil illā bi-al-qawl aw mā-fī maʻnāhu dūna al-mutārakah li-annahu qad tamallakahā bi-mubāsharat al-umūr : wa-wazīr al-tanfīdh yanʻazil bi-al-mutārakah li-annahu maʼmūr . Wa-al-khāmis anna wazīr al-tafwīḍ lā-yanʻazil in kaffa wa-taraka ḥattá yastaʻfī al-malik minhā li-annahu mustawdaʻ al-aʻmāl fa-lazimahu raddahā ilá mustaḥaqqihā , wa-wazīr al-tanfīdh yajūz an yanʻazil bi-ʻazl nafsihi bi-al-kaff wa-al-mutārakah li-annahu lā-shayʼ bi-yadihi fa-yuʼkhadh bi-raddihi . Wa-al-sādis anna wizārat al-tafwīḍ taftaqir ilá kifāyat al-sayf wa-al-qalam li-nuhūḍihi bimā awjabahumā , wa-wizārat al-tanfīdh ghayr muftaqirah ilayhimā li-quṣūrihā ʻanhumā , wa-innamā yuʻtabar fīhā sittah awṣāf wa-hiya muʻtabarah fī kull mudabbir dhī riyāsah . Wa-hiya : al-abhah , wa-al-minnah , wa-al-himmah , wa-al-ʻiffah , wa-al-murūʼah , wa-jazālat al-raʼy . Wa-qad kāna akthar wuzarāʼ al-Furs wuzarāʼ tanfīdh ; wa-akthar wuzarāʼ mulūk al-Islām wuzarāʼ tafwīḍ .

Wa-wizārat al-tafwīḍ istislām , wa-wizārat al-tanfīdh istimdād