المقدمة

ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn ʿĀshir says, beginning with the name of the All-Powerful God.

ʿAbdul Wāḥid ọmọ ʿĀshir ń sọ̀rọ̀, ó ń bẹ̀rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú orúkọ Ọlọ́hun Olágbára.

All praise is due to Allah, who has given us from knowledge that with which He obligated us.

Gbogbo ìyìn jẹ́ ti Ọ̀lọhun Ẹni tí ó ti fún wa lára ìmọ̀ pẹ̀lú èyí tí ó fi pa wá láṣẹ.

May He send prayers and peace upon Muḥammad, his family, his companions, and the one who follows (his guidance).

Kí Ọ̀lọhun ṣe àdúrà àti àlàáfíà fun Muḥammad, àwọn ẹbí rẹ̀, àwọn ọrẹ́ rẹ̀, àti ẹni tí ó bá tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn.

And after that, the aid is from Allah, the Glorious, in arranging verses for the unlettered one (the common person) that will be beneficial.

Lẹ́yìn èyí, ìrànlọ́wọ́ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọhun Ọlọ́lá ni, nínú sísọ àwọn ẹsẹ ewí lọ́nà tí ó wúlò fún aláìkàwé.

In the creed of al-Ashʿarī, the jurisprudence of Mālik, and upon the path of al-Junayd, the wayfarer (to Allah).

Nínú ìgbàgbọ́ Olumọ Ashʿarī, ìmọ̀-agbọye ẹsin Mālik, àti lórí ọ̀nà Olumọ Junayd, atana (sí ọ̀dọ̀ Alláhu).