28-36 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Mutevakil, Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, Hamzih ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Alavi, al-Hussein ibn Ibrahim ibn Natanat, al-Hussein ibn Ahmad ibn Hisham al-Mo’adab and Ahmad ibn Zyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamedany - may the Sublime God be pleased with them - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted hi father, on the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Muqayrih that had heard Abi Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sani (MGB) say,

“God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand words. Each word opened up to one-thousand new words.”