In light of this, I have arranged the research plan, following that introduction, as follows:

Section One: A study of the book, the methodology I adopted in editing and annotating it, and a description of the manuscript copies on which I relied. It contains the following sub-topics:

1 ‑ Sub-topic One: The title of the book.

2 ‑ Sub-topic Two: Its attribution to the author.

3 ‑ Sub-topic Three: Shaykh al-Islam’s stance on the question of the annihilation of Hell, the various scholarly opinions on the issue, and their positions regarding the ascription of this view to Shaykh al-Islam.

4 ‑ Sub-topic Four: An explanation of my method in verifying and annotating the book.

5 ‑ Sub-topic Five: A description of the manuscript copies on which I relied.

Section Two: The critically edited text itself, with annotations, followed by the indexes.