The chain of transmission (sanad) of the book:
Transmission of Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Ahmad al-ʿAskari, known as al-Daqqaq, from him; transmission of Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Faris ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ghawri, from him; transmission of Abu ʿAbd Allah Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn al-Husayn Sikanah and ʿAli ibn Ahmad al-Malti—both from him; transmission of Abu ʿAbd Allah Yahya ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Banna, from the two of them; transmission of the shaykh, the imam, Abu al-Hasan ʿAli ibn Yahya ibn ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn al-Tarrah, from him. Thus it appears in the copied original.

Transmission: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Ahmad al-ʿAskari al-Daqqaq, from him.
Transmission: Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Faris ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ghawri, from him.
Transmission: Abu ʿAbd Allah Muhammad ibn ʿAli ibn al-Husayn Sikanah and ʿAli ibn Ahmad al-Malti, both from him.
Transmission: Abu ʿAbd Allah Yahya ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Banna, from both of them.
Transmission: the shaykh, the imam, Abu al-Hasan ʿAli ibn Yahya ibn ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn al-Tarrah, from him.
Such is the wording in the transmitted original.