(1) MS J reads “mashayikh” (teachers), whereas MS Z has “al-shuyukh” (the teachers). (2) The word “al-qadi” (the judge) is omitted in MS Z. (3) MS J adds “al-hanbali” (the Hanbali), a reading also preserved in Nuzhat al-Nazar. (4) MS Z reads “hadha” (this). (5) In MS A the word appears as “mustaghniyatan” (dispensing with) in the accusative with tanwin, while in MS H it is “ghinyah” (sufficiency); the adopted wording follows MS W. (6) MSS A, J, and D insert “wa hasruha mutaassir” (and listing them is difficult), whereas MS H inserts “wa hasruha muʿtabar” (and listing them is admissible); both phrases occur in manuscripts of Nuzhat al-Nazar. (7) MSS B, J, W, and Ha read “fal yurajaʿ” (let it be consulted), while MS D has “fal turajaʿ, fal yurajaʿ,” employing both the ta and ya imperatives. (8) The word “laha” (for it) is absent from MS Ha. (9) MS W adds “aʿlam” (I know best). (10) MSS W and Ha read “al-hadi” (the Guide) without the conjunction waw. (11) The phrase “la ilaha illa huwa” (there is no deity but He) is missing from MS Ha; MS W adds “wa hasbuna Allah wa niʿma al-wakil” (Allah is sufficient for us and the best disposer of affairs); MS Z further adds “ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa ilayhi unib, wa hasbuna Allah wa niʿma al-wakil” (in Him I trust and to Him I return; Allah is sufficient for us and the best disposer of affairs). (12) Colophon: MS A ends with, “End of the book; praise be to Allah alone; may Allah bless Muhammad, his family, and his companions. Dated the thirteenth of Dhu al-Hijjah, year 821 AH.”