MINHAJUL ABIDEEN THE BEST WAY FOR THE WORSHIPPERS

Minhaiul Abideen is a work of the same series which may rightly he considered as a summary of lhya-u- Uloomiddin,Many Urdu translations of this book have been published. The learned translators have met an academy requirement by taking great pains in translating them. By the passage of time the language of some of these translations become difficult and the style of the translations too terse for the common man to understand at some places. As such I have translated this book in Urdu at the instance of Mr. Khalil Ashraf Usmani. The most important point to bear in mind in translating a work into any language is that the translation should be as faithful to the original as possible in idiom and style and it should not be literal. The translator, however, faces a genuine difficulty that sometimes he does not find the correct equivalent of words being translated from one language into another language. That is why sometimes the translation of a book becomes more difficult than writing the book which is going to be translated. The translator of this book has tried to make the translation easy and faithful to the meanings of the original work instead of translating the book literally. It will be for the readers of this work to judge how far I have succeeded in this scheme. I am aware of my limitations and may have committed mistakes in my translation. If the respected readers come across any mistakes, I request them to let me know them. May Exalted Allah reward them amply for this good deed. In the end I pray to Exalted Allah to make this book a provion of the Hereafter, for the compiler, the translator, the publisher and their parents all of them. May Allah make this work a SOUrce of benefit and guidance for the Muslim Ummah.

• The Translator: IQBAL HUSSEIN MUHAMMAD
• AUTHOR: ABU HAMID MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZZALI
• PUBLICATION: DKI