By Allah’s grace and His enablement, I now place it before the esteemed readers, hoping they will find in it abundant good and far-reaching benefit. I implore the Most Generous Lord to record for its author and its publisher a bountiful reward and ample recompense. All praise is due to Allah; through His favor righteous deeds are perfected. He alone is sufficient for us, and what an excellent Trustee He is.

Damascus, 27 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1395 AH
corresponding to 19 April 1975 CE

Muḥammad ʿĪd al-ʿAbbāsī