Victory marched before me for eighty miles, and God, may His blessings and peace be upon him. He himself, the Karr'a, before my army, and the Rightly Guided Caliphs behind me, and all the saints, martyrs, and righteous from Adam, peace be upon him, to our time, and the believers are fighting. And it is not incumbent upon my army, and God is my supporter and helper against all who fight me from the two weighty ones. And my companions, may God bless him and grant him peace, and all of them are great in status in the abode of eternity. From Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, and he sealed his message with the praise of God, and he sent it to the Hijra to join him and to wage jihad with him. And he sent several copies of this message to people in Khartoum, including Sheikh Al-Amin al-Dhirir, the chief of the scholars in Sudan. The Governor-General, Muhammad Ra'uf Pasha, was informed of it, who sent Abu al-Samud Bey al-Maqad, one of his aides, and a group of the two weighty ones, the scribes of Khartoum, and sent them as messengers to him, inviting him to obedience. And warning him of sedition, and they conveyed to him the orders of the Governor-General to come to him. So they went on the steamer "Al-Fasher". When they reached the island of Abu, all those on it met them with takbir against the infidels. And Al-Jilani was worshipping in a cellar in the ground. So he refused to meet them at first, then he allowed them to meet him. So they entered upon him with their swords drawn over his head. So they asked him about his claim, and he answered them with what we have mentioned from his message. Abu al-Samud Bey said to him: The Governor-General invites you to come to him. He said: I will not go. He said to him: My lord, obey God and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. So he was about to be captured, and his teeth showed, and he said: I am the one in authority now over all jinn and mankind. So the messengers asked for permission, and they were people, some of them. If it were not for the severity of their pressure on them, they would have stopped them. They stopped and returned to Khartoum.