Complex sentence: Under the supervision of the local Ulema he studied elementary ilm until he absorbed all they could teach him and eventually surpassed them, he decided to move to Mogadishu where he obtained knowledge from the great scholars of the city including Sheikh Isma'il b. Umar al-Maqdishi.
Split into simpler sentences: Under the supervision of the local Ulema, he studied elementary ilm until he absorbed all they could teach him. Eventually surpassing them, he decided to move to Mogadishu where he obtained knowledge from the great scholars of the city including Sheikh Isma'il b. Umar al-Maqdishi.