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Everywhere. It is true that Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di did not live long after his birth; he was able to achieve salvation and satisfaction. In light of the surging nationalistic feelings that characterized al-Sa'di, it was inevitable that this bias would be expected in his judgments, and the events presented in a way that excessively condemned the foreigners who invaded and occupied his homeland. Al-Sa'di was keen not to be so. Undoubtedly, he hated the Kasa, but he did not let this hatred show. He preferred to record the facts with confidence. The simple and natural style of narration he used in his work excludes the idea that he imposed this hatred on the reader, but rather he included in his book many passages that praised his enemies. Nevertheless, the book is full of important events. It narrated for the first time the main aspects of the life of the Sudanese people, and it became clear that those whom many denied any initiative in progress had a special civilization that was not imposed on them by a people of another race, and that the disappearance of this state, which enjoyed considerable prosperity, was largely, if not solely, due to the "foreign" intervention. The book is a bridge connecting to the history of humanity, from nations that were far from the course of this history. This book is full of the biographies of martyrs, but the excerpts about them were, unfortunately, dry and monotonous, and they did not lead us to the feelings and thoughts of the enlightened segment of the population in that Sudan. These excerpts include the names of personalities, their teachers, the schools they studied in, their dates of death, and the cemeteries where they were buried, while