When God created the world, He placed sin and ignorance within satisfication of the appetite and knowledge and wisdom withing hunger. When Sahl hungered he was powerful, and whenever he ate, he became weak.

— Sahl al-Tustari The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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