Thanks to the Almighty God, who gave me success to accomplish translation of this book.
Allah may send blessings on our Prophet, Mohammad S.A., who guided us to His Straight Path, and illuminated our heart of His guidance.
I offer the reward of this book to the spirit of my late grandmother, May God have mercy on her, and beseech Allah to make it, for me and her, a means of attainment to His reward and pleasures on the Day of Judgement.
I shall acknowledge that my reference books have been: ``A Glossary of Islamic Technical Terms'', Islamic Research Foundation of Astan Quds Razavi, ``Holy Quran'', Arthur J. Arberry, and ``Nahjul Balagha'', S. Ali Reza.
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Monir Shafiei
Tehran, Iran
10.10.2002