تحفة الملوكZayn al-Dīn al-Rāzī

المقدمة

Introduction

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الحمدPraiseContextual gloss

لله،to God,Contextual gloss
وسلامand peaceContextual gloss
علىuponContextual gloss
عبادهHis servantsContextual gloss
الذينwhomContextual gloss
اصطفى.He has chosen.Contextual gloss

Praise be to God, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen.

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هذاThisContextual gloss

مختصرٌa concise [work]Contextual gloss
فيinContextual gloss
علمthe scienceContextual gloss
الفقه،of fiqh,Contextual gloss
جمعتهI compiled itContextual gloss
لبعضfor someContextual gloss
إخوانيmy brethrenContextual gloss
فيinContextual gloss
الدِّينreligionContextual gloss
بقدرto the extent [of]Contextual gloss
ماwhatContextual gloss
وسعهsufficed themContextual gloss
وقته،and their time,Contextual gloss
واقتصرتand I confined [myself]Contextual gloss
فيهin itContextual gloss
علىtoContextual gloss
عشرةtenContextual gloss
كتب:books:Contextual gloss
هيthey [are]Contextual gloss
أهمّmost importantContextual gloss
كتبbooksContextual gloss
الفقه،of fiqh,Contextual gloss
وأَحقّهاand most deserving of themContextual gloss
بالتَّقديمof precedenceContextual gloss
وهي:and they [are]:Contextual gloss
كتابthe BookContextual gloss
الطَّهارة،of Purification,Contextual gloss
والصَّلاة،and Prayer,Contextual gloss
والزَّكاة،and Zakah,Contextual gloss
والصَّوم،and Fasting,Contextual gloss
والحجّ،and Hajj,Contextual gloss
والجهاد،and Jihad,Contextual gloss
والصَّيدand huntingContextual gloss
معtogether withContextual gloss
الذَّبائح،sacrifices,Contextual gloss
والكراهية،and [the] reprehensible [matters],Contextual gloss
والفرائض،and inheritance [shares],Contextual gloss
والكسبand earningContextual gloss
معtogether withContextual gloss
الأدب،etiquette,Contextual gloss
نفعَهmay He benefit himContextual gloss
اللهGodContextual gloss
تعالىthe ExaltedContextual gloss
به،thereby,Contextual gloss
وجعلَهand may He make itContextual gloss
سبباًa meansContextual gloss
لترقيهfor his ascentContextual gloss
إلىtoContextual gloss
أَعلىhighestContextual gloss
مراتبranksContextual gloss
سَعادة[of] felicityContextual gloss
الآخرة.the Hereafter.Contextual gloss

This is a concise work on the science of fiqh, which I compiled for some of my brethren in religion to the extent their time allowed, and I confined it to ten books: they are the most important books of fiqh and the most deserving of precedence, namely: the Book of Purification, Prayer, Zakah, Fasting, Hajj, Jihad, Hunting and Sacrifices, the Prohibited, Inheritance, and Earning together with etiquette—may God Almighty benefit him thereby and make it a means of his ascent to the highest ranks of felicity in the Hereafter.