This booklet presents Shaykh ¿Abd All¿h bin ¿usayn bin ¿¿hir B¿¿Alaw¿ al-¿äram¿ al-Sh¿fi¿¿'s Sullam al-tawf¿q il¿ mäabbati Ll¿hi ¿al¿ al-täq¿q ("The Ladder of Success to Truly Loving Allah"), a concise treatise covering what every responsible Muslim must know and practice. These essentials include matters related to creed, rituals, basic transactions and financial responsibilities, purification of the soul, good character, sins that one must avoid and the consequences for committing them. The translation includes hundreds of notes drawn from the book's commentaries, along with the Arabic text.