and Sheikh Mūsā did not know [what entered] ¹ upon him of the defect due to the paucity of his association with me and his ill expectation of me, because he [used to] ² know that there was not with me of food and drinks what would lead him to me, so when he heard that his debate fell into my hands, he arose [and came to the village] ³ while I on that day was in the village of Rabah, so he alighted at the side of the village with people of his and requested me to his presence, so I refrained from coming to him, because I was [boycotting him from] ⁴ speech due to what had become manifest to me of the evil of his deed, his doubt in me, and his envy toward me, so I went out to him ⁵ and I found him had gone out from the village, heading upon the road, so when he saw me, he stopped, and with him was [a band] ⁶ of the ruffians and what the [village] ⁷ , bidding him farewell and walking in his tracks, while he was showing courtesy to them with the sweetness of his speech and inclining toward them with his gentleness and his benevolence,