Shaykh Nazim al-Qibrisi succeeded Abdullah ad-Daghestani, a Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandiyya Tariqat of Sufis, after studying with him for thirty years.
The Shaykhs of the Naqshbandiyya Tariqat are the successors of the Khwadjagan, or "Masters". The tariqat takes its name from Khwadja Bahauddin Naqshband and traces its lineage through Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam, to Muhammad, and from him to Allah Almighty.
This book is taken from talks given in English by Shaykh Nazim to his American murids in Damascus. The talks are from notes taken during his years with Shaykh Abdullah ad-Daghestani.