One of them is Judah, and he was the best among them in opinion. He is the one who said, 'I will not leave the land.' He said to them: 'Killing is a great matter; throw him into the depths of the pit,' which is its bottom and what is hidden from the eye of the observer and darker than its lower part. Al-Mankhal said: 'And if one day my grave hides me, then walk in my way among the tribe and the family.' [This is attributed to Al-Mankhal. The ghayabah is what is hidden from the observer from the bottom of the well and the like. He says: 'If my grave hides me,' a metaphor for his death, 'then walk in my way,' meaning mourn me and walk with the mention of my qualities, as is the custom of the Arabs when a leader among them dies. It is possible that he is advising his relatives to do good, and that they walk in a manner similar to his, and act as he did towards his neighbors and relatives.] He meant the ghayabah of the pit in which he is buried. It has been read as ghayabat, in the plural. And ghayabat, with emphasis. Al-Jahdari read: ghaybah. And al-jubb is the well that has not been covered, because the earth digs a jubb and nothing else. It is picked up by some travelers among the people who are walking on the road. And it has been read: 'tulqituhu,' with the ta, according to the meaning, because some of the travelers are a caravan, as in the saying: 'As the breast of the spear was drenched with blood.' [This witness has been explained in the first part, page 395, refer to it if you wish, O corrector.] And from it: 'Some of his fingers went away.' 'If you are able to do what will achieve your aim, this is the opinion.'