«خَيْرُ الْعَشَاءِ سَوَافِرُهُ»
The best evening meal is the one that appears in good time.
Sawāfir is connected with being visible or emerging. The proverb favours a supper available earlier, rather than an unnecessarily delayed one.
Its role is rhetorical: the visitor argues against a late and burdensome meal. It should be read as a traditional maxim within the story, not as a precise medical or nutritional prescription.
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The Kūfan Maqāmah: The Guest’s Condition and Abū Zayd Revealed
«خَيْرُ الْعَشَاءِ سَوَافِرُهُ»
The best evening meal is the one that appears in good time.
Sawāfir is connected with being visible or emerging. The proverb favours a supper available earlier, rather than an unnecessarily delayed one.
Its role is rhetorical: the visitor argues against a late and burdensome meal. It should be read as a traditional maxim within the story, not as a precise medical or nutritional prescription.