Regarding "The History of Damascus," did you help with its editing and annotation?

The questioner : Regarding "The History of Damascus," up to... did you help with its editing and annotation?

The Shaykh : "The History of Damascus"?

The questioner : "The History of Damascus."

The Shaykh : Yes, I started working on its manuscript, but then I moved away from it.

The questioner : Do you have it, meaning a manuscript that you have annotated, ready for printing or not?

The Shaykh : No, I received a letter later from one of the writers or literati or doctors from Iraq, because I may have written a word about it in my "Index."

The questioner : Yes, this one.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : "And I began to edit it..."

The Shaykh : Yes, that is it. One of them from Iraq came to me saying that you mentioned this; is the project finished? So I sent him a letter stating that the project is not finished, and I do not think I am free to complete it, so if you wish, do it. And I think this book was published; have you seen it?
Al-Hawini: No, parts of it, biographies according to...

The Shaykh : That is it. Do you allow me...?