Similarly, a traveler lost his way in the vast desert. His strength and provisions were exhausted, though he had a few dirhams with him. He wandered for a long time but found no way out and eventually perished from hardship. A group of people found him, with the dirhams placed before him and these words written in the sand:
"Even if he has all the gold of Ja’far,
A man without provisions cannot take a step.
In the desert, for a poor, burnt-out man,
Cooked turnip is better than raw silver."
