He said: Thereupon the Shaykh praised Allah the Exalted, extolled Him as He deserves, and at that very spot he prayed for me with a supplication (1) whose blessing I sensed then and ever after.
This (2) is the statement of the amir, the Chamberlain.
He (3) continues: From that time onward the Shaykh went on increasing in spiritual state, public word, and prestige, probing ever more deeply (4) and accurately into knowledge and inner understanding, until Allah stirred the resolve of those in authority to fight the people of Mount Kesrawan. These were the ones who had rebelled against the Imam, terrorized the highway (5), and confronted every passing army with all manner of evil.
The Shaykh rose to the matter with the fullest determination (6), writing to the districts of Syria to urge them to fight those rebels and declaring the endeavor a campaign in the path of Allah. He then prepared, together with those (7) who were with him, to march against them in the mountain, in the company of the ruler—the deputy of the exalted realm (8), may Allah strengthen his victory—and the triumphant Syrian forces, and he continued