After us, the people of our race will wear garments of gold; they will eat sweet, greasy food, ride splendid coursers, and hold in their arms the loveliest of women, and they will forget that they owe these things to us.

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Quoted in Rashid al-Din's Compendium of Chronicles (Jami' al-Tawarikh), translated by WM Thackston, 1998 edition, pg 297

Variants

"After us, our offspring will wear gold-brocaded robes and eat sweet and fatty tidbits. They will ride beautiful horses and embrace lovely ladies. They will not say, ‘These things were assembled by our fathers and elders.’ On that day of greatness they will forget us."

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