The edited text of ‘Umdat al-Nāẓir ‘alā al-Ashbāh wa’l-Naẓāʾir that follows the
present introduction includes Abū ’l-Suʿūd’s own brief introduction to his work,
his commentary on Ibn Nujaym’s introduction to his Ashbāh, and his commentary
on the six major qawāʿid included in Al-Ashbāh.