Men and the Universe reflections of ibn Qayyim pdf

Men and the Universe reflections of ibn Qayyim By Capt. Anas Abdul-Hameed Al-Qoz Translated into English by Dr. Abdul-latif Al-Khalat.

MEN AND THE UNIVERSE REFLECTIONS OF IBN QAYYIM

He says

The writings of Ibn Al-Qayyem, the celebrated scholar, may Allah give him mercy and admit him to His wide Garden, are indeed in no need of introduction.

They are in fact a class apart. The present work is based on one of his books, “Miftah Dar Al-Sa’adah” (The Key to the House of Happiness.) I selected a section of the book from page 187 to 283 of volume one of the Arabic version, that discusses the following four topics:  

1. Man, 2. the Universe, 3. Animals, and 4. Nature. To smooth Ibn Al-Qayyem’s writing for the modern reader, I supplemented it with modern material that would appeal to present-day readers. 1 did so because this is a time characterized by lack of motivation for knowledge, and the material things have so pervaded the minds that knowledge has receded to the same degree.

Such a situation takes place at times of lack of faith and dryness of the religious spirit. In the present work, I have given titles to sections, and divided some sections into two, ending up with more than a hundred.

The purpose of this, of course, has been to smooth the way for the reader so that he or she will get to the core of the book in the easiest way. I have also referred to modem scientific encyclopedias and to handbooks on medicine and biology to draw from them a lot of