It is intended to be an introduction to qira'ah yet can easily serve as a remembrancer for the qualified teacher of qira'ah. This is because it is essentially a precis on the theory of qira'ah as presented by Qari Anis Ahmad in his phenomenal al-Fawa'id al-Muhibbiyyah. In addition to the above it also comprises:

A translation of and simple commentary on the introduction (muqaddimah) of the Shatibiyyah, a biography of Qari Anis Ahmad and Imam Shatibi , some samples of sanads obtained by the author to the great Imam and a simple dictionary of technical terms employed by qurra.