The following is a brief though holistic exposition of the doctrines agreed upon by all Muslims -Atharis, Ash'aris, Maturidis, and Sufis alike -specifi­cally the non-fanatical among them. The purpose behind authoring this text was to show that Muslims' agreement in terms of creed is much greater and more impactful than their disagreements, and that the doctrinal points that unite them overwhelm those that divide them, both in number and value.

To realise this goal, the text was written such that both its structure and style are borne of direct references to the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

This is in terms of specific wordings excerpted from these sources, as well as meanings and principles unanimously agreed upon by the scholars of the ummah. This was the methodology we followed to the best of our ability. For this reason, the text is full of explicit and implicit mention of Qur'anic passages and Prophetic narrations.