Overview

In Section 2 of the Silsilat al-Dhahab (from the Haft Awrang), Jami employs an agricultural metaphor to describe the relationship between governance, justice, and the state's prosperity. He compares the kingdom to a cultivated field (kisht) and justice to a rain-filled cloud (abr-e por-ab), emphasizing that a state cannot survive without active equitable rule.

Key Themes

• The Agricultural Metaphor: Jami asserts that the kingdom is like a sown field and justice is the water-bearing cloud. Just as a field remains barren and yields no crop without water, a kingdom cannot flourish or sustain itself without the active dispensing of justice.
• The Sovereign's Duty: The ruler is admonished to actively irrigate the state's fields—representing the welfare of the subjects—and protect them from dry neglect, thirst, and humiliation.
• The Foundation of the State: Jami emphasizes that a ruler's justice strengthens the very foundations of the realm, whereas royal ty...