 the chest and in that is the death of desire and the stilling of movement. if a man were to sit on a threshing floor of excellent dates and on a pile of pears1 described and on a hundred banana bunches2 described his eating would only be according to the extent of his enjoyment and his eating would not be according to the extent of his eating if that were brought to him on a clean plate with a clean servant with a clean napkin on him.
الصدر، وفي ذلك موت الشهوة وتسكين الحركة. ولو أن رجلا جلس على بيدر تمر فائق، وعلى كدس كمثري ١ منعوت، وعلى مائة قنو موز ٢ موصوف، لم يكن أكله إلا على قدر استطرافه، ولم يكن أكله على قدر أكله إذا أتي بذلك في طبق نظيف، مع خادم نظيف، عليه منديل نظيف.