In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

Author’s Introduction:

All praise is due to Allah, who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He might cause it to prevail over every other way of life; and Allah is sufficient as a Witness.

I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah alone, without partner—an acknowledgment of His supremacy and an affirmation of His oneness.

I also bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger. May Allah bestow ever-increasing blessings and peace upon him and upon his family.