📘 and [have We not] made the day for livelihood,That is, the lights of the heart and its illumination (tanwīr) through Our remembrance (dhikr), are the livelihood (ʿaysh) of the spiritual self (nafs al-rūḥ) and the intellect (ʿaql), as they are the livelihood of the angels. However, the other kind of livelihood is the way of the generality of people (ʿawāmm).Then he said:It is not [good] character for the believer to grovel (tadhallul) in times of poverty (fāqa), and it is distasteful for the poor to wear thread-bare clothes, and to carry the concerns related to their provisions (arzāq) in their hearts. [The cure] at the root of these matters consists of three [things]: dependence on God, Majestic and Mighty is He; fleeing from people, and doing the least [possible] harm to others.ʿĀmir b. ʿAbd al-Qays used to say when he rose in the morning, �O God! Verily people have dispersed in pursuit of their needs, but I have only one need, which is that You forgive me.� His words, Mighty and Majestic is He:

📘 As a fitting requital,The Fire is a fitting punishment for association [idolatry] (shirk), because both of them are momentous (ʿaẓīm). There is no punishment ⸢greater than the Fire and no sin⸣ greater than association. His words, Exalted is He:

📘 and buxom maidens�He said:Young and attractive concubines, atrāb means of equal age.His words, Exalted is He:

📘 and a brimming cup.That is, continuously full.Once, a wise man (ḥakīm) met another wise man in Mosul and said to him, �Do you long for the dark-eyed houris?� He replied: �Should I not long for them, when the light of their faces is from the light of God, Majestic and Mighty is He?� At this he [the wise man] fell into a swoon and was carried to his home. For a month afterwards people would visit him due to his sickness.Ibn ʿAbbās, y said, �If one of the maidens [of Paradise] were to spit into the seven seas, they would become sweeter than honey.� But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He: