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Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyya, Medicine of the Prophet, translated by Penelope Johnstone, Cambridge, Islamic Texts Society, 1998, xxxii + 318 pp.
- Resum
- Medicine of the Prophet (al-Ṭibb al-Nabawī) is a combination of religious and medical information, providing advice and guidance on the two aims of medicine - the preservation and restoration of health - in careful conformity with the teachings of Islam as enshrined in the Qur'an and the hadith, or sayings of the Prophet. Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751AH/1350AD) as part of his work Zad al-Ma'ad ('Provisions of the Hereafter'), this book is a mine of information on the customs and sayings of the Prophet, as well as on herbal and medical practices current at the time of the author. In bringing together these two aspects, Ibn Qayyim has produced a concise summary of how the Prophet's guidance and teaching can be followed, as well as how health, sickness and cures were viewed by Muslims in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The original Arabic text offers an authoritative compendium of Islamic medicine and still enjoys much popularity in the Muslim world. This English translation is a more complete presentation than has previously been available and includes verification of all hadith references. Medicine of the Prophet will appeal not only to those interested in alternative systems of health and medicine, but also to people wishing to acquaint themselves with, or increase their knowledge of, hadith and the religion and culture of Islam. -- Penelope Johnstone holds a doctorate in history of Arabic medicine and herbals and now teaches Arabic at Oxford University.
Contents:
* Foreword by Hakim Mohammad Sa'id
* Preface by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
-- Part One: Medicine
* 1. Medicine of the Heart
* 2. Medicine of the Body
* 3. Principles of Medication
* 4. Natural and Divine Treatment
-- Part Two: Simple Drugs and Foods
-- English-Arabic technical glossary
-- English-Arabic Materia Medica Glossary
- Matèries
- Medicina - Dietètica i higiene
Medicina - Farmacologia
Arabisme
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