The meaning of the High Ground, the Level and the Flowing

1. We were told by Mudaffar bin Ja’far al-Mudaffar al-Alawi al-Samarqandi, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Muhammed bin Mas’ud, from his father, from Hussain bin Ishkeeb, from Abdul-Rahman bin Hammad, from Ahmad bin Hasan, from Sadaqa bin Hassaan, from Mahran bin Abi Nasr, from Ya’qoub ibn Shu’ayb, from Sa’d al-Iskafi, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said