The Best Way For The Worshippers:Minhaj al-Abidin

Minhajul Abideen is a work of the same series which may
rightly he considered as a summary of Ihya-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 provision 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