The Beneficent Creator revealed man’s true purpose in His final address to humankind when He said: “I have not created jinn and man but to worship Me”. With these exalted words, the direction and destination of every seeker of the Truth was set.

Equipped with the timeless teachings of the Qur’an and the sanctified Sunna of His Beloved, many a seeker traversed the spiritual to reach the station of knowing God. These seekers of the Truth became the elect of the Umma. They embodied the timeless teachings of the Qur’an and Sunna and become guides for their followers. They taught their disciples the spiritual path and laid down the foundations of wayfaring for them to follow in their stead.

Many of these great guides left countless treasures for their disciples, among them being their written works. From such writings is this book before you, ‘A Practical Guide to Spiritual Wayfaring’, authored by a renowned authority of our time, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a master in the discipline of spiritual wayfaring. With an unbroken chain of spiritual masters to the fountainhead of spirituality – our Master Muhammad (countless peace and blessings be upon him and his pure progeny) – the esteemed author has provided an outline for the spiritual wayfarer to voyage the spiritual path.

Being a practical guide, this book sets out the requirements for the spiritual path in a simplified and accessible style. It explains the progression of the inner self from one level to the other. In an organised manner, it gives a systematic method for the seeker to enlighten their path so that they can attain the primordial purpose of knowing their Creator.