 Authored by Hazrat Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Alaihirrahmah (an Islamic scholar from Hyderabad, India), the Zujajat was first published in 1960.The book is modeled on the pattern and structure of Mishkat al-Masabih by Al-Tabrizi.The Mishkat has a leaning towards the Shafi'i school of thought while Naqshbandi composed the Zujajat giving preference to Hanafi proofs.