LETTER XL.

Exalted son, robbers are practising their profession often from Chamárkūndeh to Kádirábád.* Very few travel­lers traverse the road in safety. Most probably there must be some cause for this. A word to the wise is suffi­cient. You receive news soon whether from a distance or from near. For the bad plight, why don’t you think of the day of judgment? Attention with regard to the end of our life must be paid just now. It is just to favour a good ser­vant for his distinction (in service) and to punish a bad one for his bad action. As you sow, so shall you reap. I am anxiously waiting for your reply. A tyrant asked for blessings for himself from a holy man. He replied, “Regarding the oppressors themselves they have no effect of blessings but giving justice to the oppressed (i.e., the only way for tyrants to enjoy the effect of blessings is to cease oppressing the people).”