171 – Abu Ja‘far al-Qurashi told me; he said: Muhammad ibn Kunasa al-Asadi said:

“Every morsel whose flavor you savor and whose many colors you array upon the serving-tray
Will, once you have swallowed it, turn into a single hue—but the vilest of hues.
So when the time comes for it to exit your body, reflect on the abasement of man ⦗113⦘;
And when you have set it in its place, look back and take a lesson from that very place.”