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1. In the Name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate
2. On holy war and the service of archery therein
3. On the excellence of the arab bow, its use, adoption, the reward of the maker of its arrows, its target, urging the mastery of its technique, the offense of him who discards it after he has learned its use, and the first to use and the first to make it
4. On the different kinds of bows and the most desirable of them
5. On the names and nomenclatures of the arab bows and their different parts
6. On the master archers
7. On the principles of loosing and the different schools therein
8. Things the archer should know
9. How to determine the cast of the bow, its weight, and the limit of the archer's strength in drawing
10. On testing the bow before bracing
11. On bracing, which is the same as stringing
12. On the curvature of the bow after bracing
13. On unstringing
14. On picking up the bow and arrow preparatory to shooting and the manner of shooting
15. On the different draws and the manner of locking the thumb and the index finger on the string, and on the rules of arranging the index finger upon the thumb
16. On how to hold the grip of the bow with the left hand
17. On the clench
18. On drawing and its limits
19. On aiming, which is the same as pointing at the target
20. On the loose or release
21. On the passage of the arrow over the left hand
22. On blisters and wounds on the index finger of the right hand caused by stringing, clenching, drawing and loosing, together with the remedies thereof
23. On the blow of the string on the archer's right thumb, which causes it to turn black and blue on the inside and beneath the nail and sometimes results in breaking the nail; as well as on the blistering and bruising of the left thumb at the time of shooting, together with the remedies thereof
24. On the blow of the string on the forearm of the archer and the remedy thereof
25. On the blow of the string on the chin of the archer, or on his ear, and the remedies thereof
26. When the tip of the bow hits the ground at the moment of loosing, and the remedy thereof
27. When the nock of the arrow breaks and the remedy thereof
28. On causing the arrow to move on itself, or wag, in its flight
29. On the management of the arrow when shooting against the wind, et cetera, and on trying not to shoot it when a break is found after it has been fully drawn
30. On how near or how far the target should be
31. On standing and sitting for aiming
32. On the variations in the length and construction of the Arab Bow
33. On strings; how to make them and how to form their eyes
34. On the length and shortness of the string
35. On the thinness and thickness of the string and on how to choose the correct and appropriate size
36. On the weight of the string in relation to the weight of the bow
37. On the names of the various kinds of arrows and their different parts; and on the length of each kind, the desirable wood from which to make it, and the manner of its paring
38. On arrowheads; the different kinds, their various uses, how to fix them on the shaft; and the manner of cutting arrow-nocks
39. On feathers and fletching
40. On the weight of arrows, arrow heads, and feathers
41. On sundry points not yet mentioned concerning the competition bow, the description of its arrow, and the manner of its use, together with some of the tricks employed in competitions
42. On thumb-tips and the various kinds thereof
43. On shooting with the ḥusbān, dawdan, and ‘uṣfūri arrows through the hollow of a guide
44. On stunt shooting
45. Targets and target practice
46. Quivers, belt, arrow picker, file
47. Inscriptions on bows, arrows, and quivers