And a woman might be one * after me and after you in this world, for passing by. And among the commendable aspects of their natural disposition, in truth, with the disposition of the Arabs, is their lack of inclination towards loving youths and effeminate boys; they are originally this. This is a forgotten matter among them, which their nature and morals reject. And among the merits of their language and poetry is that it addresses the gender of its kind. So, it is not good in the French language to say "a man loved a boy," for this would be considered vulgar and problematic speech. Therefore, when one of them translates a book from ours, they change the wording to another meaning, saying in the translation of that sentence, "a man loved a girl" or "a woman," to escape from that. For they see this as a corruption of morals, and the truth is with them. This is because one of the two sexes has, in the other sex, special qualities that incline towards it, like the attraction of a magnet to iron, for example, and like the attraction of electricity to objects, and so on. If one of the sexes lacks this innate disposition and deviates from the natural state, this matter among them is considered one of the gravest abominations. So much so that it is rarely mentioned explicitly in their books; rather, they allude to it as much as possible, and it is not heard of at all. And the saying of Sheikh Abbas Al-Yamani accompanies me: I was infatuated with Sa'di, Rubab, and Zaynab, * and I did not consider the blame of the blamer or his reproach. Nor did I choose to grow old in the matter of her religion, * even if it is not natural for one who sees it to blame or reproach. And nothing is beautiful to me except in a battle, * and carrying a spear like a shooting star, and blame. And he faces the fire of war, not deterred, * by your efforts from striking necks and blame. And among their reprehensible characteristics is the lack of jealousy of many of their women, as previously mentioned, and the lack of passion of their men. This is what some of the people of the French say: The French woman is not shy when you ask her for satisfaction, and do not infer from that.