مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 309.e117.5

309.e117.5

Know that whoever does not cure himself of the sickness of sins in the days of his life, how far he is from a cure in an abode that has no medicine! Whoever subdues his senses and makes them serve the good he puts forward, his merit becomes plain and his nobility evident. Whoever does not control his soul, which is one, will not control his senses, which are five; and if he does not control his senses despite their fewness, and his soul despite its lowliness, it will be hard for him to control his aides, given their great number and roughness, and the common subjects in the farthest lands and the edges of the kingdom will be even further beyond control.'"