About this Library

Splendour Online Library presents Ridawi Press translations as living digital editions. The first is Splendour of the Sacred Way — an annotated English translation of Bahar-e-Shariat Volume I, the book of belief (Áqāýid) of Ahl al-Sunnah.

The Edition

Title

Splendour of the Sacred Way: Bahar e Shariat, Volume One — Faith & Doctrine

Author

Ṣadr al-Sharīáh Imām Amjad Alī Aáżamī (1296–1367 AH / 1878–1948 CE)

Translator

Abu Ĥasan

Publisher

Ridawi Press

Edition

Release 20250721-v1.5 — Fourth Revision, 20 Shábān 1446 / 20 February 2025

On the text

The complete text is presented without summarising or omission: 16 chapters, 99 numbered statements of belief (masā'il, A1–A99), 1288 footnotes, 30 endnotes and appendices A–L, faithfully reproduced from the printed edition. Statements are numbered continuously through the volume; footnotes are numbered continuously and can be opened beside the text. The original PDF remains available for download and comparison.

On the way of light

The journey presentation is an aid to learning, never a replacement for the text: the atmosphere brightens as you read because, as the translators note, deeds and actions are valid only when they are accompanied by correct belief. Nothing in the presentation alters the words of the author or translator.

Sources

Source PDF: Splendour of the Sacred Way, Volume One (Ridawi Press release, v1.5). Publisher page: ridawipress.org/splendour-one. Corrections: the translator invites readers to report errors for the next edition.

30 endnotes from Appendix B are available in the endnotes section.