 the pleasure of the wise man is in his discernment the pleasure of the knowledgeable man is in his knowledge the pleasure of the wise man is in his wisdom and the pleasure of the one who strives for the sake of allah the almighty through his striving is greater than the pleasure of the eater in his food the drinker in his drink the one who has intercourse in his intercourse the earner in his earnings the player in his play and the one who commands with his command. the proof of that is that the wise the knowledgeable the rational the worker and those we mentioned find all the pleasures that we have named just as the one who is immersed in them finds them and they sense them just as the one who is approaching them senses them. and only the one who knows them judges the two things not the one who knows one of them and does not know the other.
١ لذة العاقل بتمييزه، ولذة العالم بعلمه، ولذة الحكيم بحكمته، ولذة المجتهد لله عز وجل باجتهاده أعظم من لذة الآكل باكله، والشارب بشربه، والواطئ بوطئه، والكاسب بكسبه، واللاعب بلعبه، والآمر بأمره. وبرهان ذلك أن الحكيم والعالم والعاقل والعامل ومن ذكرنا واجدون لسائر اللذات التي سمينا كما يجدها المنهمك فيها ويحسونها كما يحسها المقبل عليها. وإنما يحكم في الشيئين من عرفهما، لا من عرف أحدهما ولا يعرف الآخر.