when i reached this chapter of the composition of this book ten men from the scribes came to me who were covered by your kindness and whose ranks were raised by your beautiful view. they are from your obedience and love for you according to what you have given them of your kindness and your abundant benefits. they elaborated on a hadith of the hadiths of envy and that hadith branched out for them into branches.
فلما بلغت هذا الفصل من تأليف هذا الكتاب دخل علي عشرة نفر من الكتاب قد شملهم معروفك، ورفع مراتبهم جميل نظرك، فهم من طاعتك والمحبة لك على حسب ما أوليتهم من إحسانك وجزيل فوائدك، فأفاضوا في حديث من أحاديث الحسد، فشعب لهم ذلك الحديث شعوبا