"intelligent" unless he comprehends God’s commands and prohibitions.

Therefore, the origin of all these forms of knowledge is the knowledge of God, and it is the first of the obligatory duties upon creation, due to the saying of God, the Exalted:

{"And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."} ¹

The meaning of this in exegesis is: "except to know me.

And we will present, in explanation of this, reports and narrations that will increase the listener's insight and remove confusion from him, by God's grace and His excellent guidance.

We have organized it into chapters to make it accessible to the reader and to prevent the narrator from becoming weary of it.