Praise be to God, even if it is great, and the workers have lost their way. The messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, did not respond to the call. What good is it to a person when sustenance is scarce? The meaning is that the hardships of the people are many, and the soldiers, if the fighting is with a people of different religion and the besieged, then the free man begins by preparing himself for the enemy and knowing their news, their equipment, their provisions, their wealth, their camels, their horses, their tents, their gatherings, and what is prepared for them by their master. The free man begins by preparing himself for the enemy and knowing their news, their equipment, their provisions, their wealth, their camels, their horses, their tents, their gatherings, and what is prepared for them by their master. He finds no one to help him, so he flees without a sword and is abandoned by his companions when he is in need. The free man says, "Blessed is he who is wise and has much foresight, for he is not like the foolish who are heedless." The wise man finds that the great armies of the enemy are many, and he cannot catch up with them. They are deceived by service, and they have promised obligations and fulfilled them. They follow what is pleasing to them. When the enemy is informed of the people, they consider them a provision. The enemy is humiliated. And he hopes for himself, and if he knows that he is defeated, he will be defeated. The news of the enemy is revealed to him, and he is informed of their weaknesses, so that he may not be aware of their plans. He attacks them, and the brave men of the enemy are many. The spoils of war and the captured are taken. The Sultan is pleased with the news of the enemy and their plans. He knows their news and destroys their gatherings and calls them to their destruction. He is a strong man. And if the enemy is many and some of them make peace, and some of them become allies, then the great war is a great matter. Some of the leaders of the enemy are loyal to the Sultan, and some of them strike each other. Some of them are loyal to the Sultan, and some of them strike each other.