 then let him know that every human being king or commoner needs a time in which his life can be established and his person can remain then he needs to prepare his surplus strength for the time of his need and that the way of man in acquiring sustenance is not the way of other animals which set out in search of pasture and water when hunger is aroused and thirst occurs and turns away from them after being satiated and quenched not taking care of what is best for him nor preserving what he has acquired nor knowing that his need for them will return. rather man needs a place in which to store what he acquires.
ثم ليعلم إن كل إنسان ملك وسوقة يحتاج إلى وقت تقوم به حياته ويبقى شخصه ثم يحتاج إلى إعداد فضل قوته لما يستأنف من وقت حاجته وأنه ليس سبيل الإنسان في اقتناء الأقوات سبيل سائر الحيوان الذي ينبعث في طلب الرعي والماء عند هيجان الجوع وحدوث العطش وينصرف عنهما بعد الشبع والري غير معبئ بما أفضله ولا حافظ لما احتازه ولا عالم بعود حاجته إليهما بل يحتاج الإنسان إلى مكان يخزن فيه ما يقتنيه