My reward is in it. Even if I spent all that my hand possesses, and I said: I am the greed for the wolf, or the fox, or the scorpion, then perhaps you have agreed with him on that. And he continued to stay there. I kept visiting him until he was ready and said to me: The journey is tomorrow, so if you wish, spend the night with us, then we will set off early. I said: On my head and eyes. So I spent the night with him, and I was in a good and pleasant state, and my colors were clear. Ibn al-Dhaka and the preciousness of the atmosphere filled the night with its light. We set out and brought out the provisions and took them out. The camel was brought and loaded with the burdens. If the rain fell, then the horses and the camels set off in their gait. I continued like this until we arrived at Fustat on the banks of the Nile. And the ships began to be loaded with them until they were all complete. Then we prayed Friday behind the Imam and disembarked from the ships. And we bid farewell to Egypt in peace. The Second Chapter of the Introduction. When we prepared ourselves for this great journey, we said: "In the name of Allah, my Lord is indeed Forgiving and Merciful." And when we set sail from the shore of Fustat, with the intention of distance and enthusiasm, I remembered the troubles of journeys, and the dangers that occur in them, especially for someone in my condition of extreme poverty and severe hardship. My chest became uneasy and I was distressed and remained in difficulty, especially since I found myself with people not of my own kind, but among