about him or to suppress an enemy and inflict humiliation on him then the ruler and his arrogance and conceit may tolerate what is not permissible in others and what is not excused in others may be excused.
عنه، أو كبتا لعدو وإنزال هوان به، فإن السلطان وخيلاءه وزهوه يحتمل فيه ما لا يجوز في غيره، ويعذر فيه ما لا يعذر في سواه.