each faction against the other. Thus, when one faction raids and defeats another, he can approach it from the other side and conquer its lands, even though he did not initially seek those people’s assistance. But Allah has facilitated what brings guidance and victory to His believing servants. Sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper.

This is the end of the book. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all worlds. May Allah bless Muhammad and his family and grant them abundant peace.

The servant in need of the mercy of his Almighty Lord, Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn Niʿmah ibn Sultān ibn Surūr al-Maqdisī, finished copying it on Saturday, at the call to the afternoon prayer ...
the eighteenth of Muharram, in the year 738 AH, at Bustān al-Aʿazz.

May Allah have mercy on its scribe and on whoever reads it and prays for forgiveness for him and for all Muslims. May Allah bless the Prophet Muhammad and his family.

It has been collated, as far as possible, against a copy that had been collated against the author’s original—may Allah be pleased with him—and from which this copy was transcribed. The collation of the entire book was completed, with Allah’s praise and assistance, after the call to the afternoon prayer on Saturday, the eighteenth of Muharram, in the year 738 AH. May Allah bring that year to a good conclusion in well-being, through His grace and generosity.

This took place at the same location where the copying was completed.