these are matters that are equally needed by the king and the commoner the shepherd and the pastured the groom and the master the servant and the master because every person in this world is in need of sustenance to sustain his soul and support his body a home in which he can protect his wealth and take refuge when he stops his efforts a wife to preserve his status and secure his earnings a child to strive for him when he is weak and provide for him in his old age and continue his offspring and revive his memory after him and a guardian and sufficiency to help him and bear his burden. and if they come together these were a shepherd and a herder and he had subjects and flocks and as the herder is obliged to frequent
فهذه أمور قد استوى في الحاجة إليها الملك والسوقة والراعي والمرعي والسائس والمسوس والخادم والمخدوم لأن كل إنسان محتاج في دنياه إلى قوت يمسك روحه ويقيم جسده وإلى منزل يحرز فيه ذات يده ويأوى إليه إذا انصرف عن سعيه وإلى زوج تحفظ عليه منزلة وتحرز له كسبه وإلى ولد يسعى له عند عجزه ويمونه في حال كبره ويصل نسله ويحيى ذكره من بعده وإلى قوام وكفاة يعينونه ويحملون ثقله وإذا اجتمع هؤلاء كان راعيا ومسيما وكان له رعايا وسواما وكما إن المسيم يلزمه أن يرتاد