This is a PDF of the Arabic Text of Ibn `Ashir’s al-Murshid al-Mu`in (The Guiding Helper) with English Footnote Translation.  The Guiding Helper is based on a famous metered verse poem written by the Moroccan scholar Ahmad ibn `Ali ibn `Abd al-Wahid ibn `Ashir. The poem is divided into three books: one about Islamic beliefs, one about Islamic law  and one about Islamic spirituality.