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Beautified for mankind is love of lusts, that which the self lusts after and calls for, beautified by satan, or by Allahu ta’ālā as a test - of women, children, stored-up heaps of gold and silver, horses of mark, fine [horses], cattle, namely, camels, cows and sheep, and tillage, the cultivation of land. That, which is mentioned, is the comfort of the life of this world, enjoyed while it lasts, but then perishes; but Allahu ta’ālā - with Him is the more excellent abode, place of return, which is Paradise, and for this reason one should desire none other than this [abode].