this paper will compare two of the most prominent mystics of islam and hinduism on what may be called the “end of the mystical journey,” or mokśa in hindu spirituality and fanā in islamic mysticism. the interpretations of these two mystics are naturally developed according to their own epistemological and ontological bases. thus, referring to their most significant principles of thought, the au...

One of the most intriguing elements of Mohamed Soueid's film My Heart Beats Only For Her (2008) is the ambiguous narrative that lies somewhere between fiction and documentary. In this film a man named Hassan tries to retrace the steps of his father Hatem Hatem, a Lebanese revolutionary in the 1970s, on a journey from Beirut to Hanoi to Dubai. Soueid combines and interrelates these two seemingly...

Hanae Harchaoui, Bousayna Iraqi, Houria knouni, Youness Taboz, Hasnae Benkirane, Hassan Aguenaou, Amina Barkat Equipe de recherche en santé et nutrition du couple mère enfant, faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de Rabat, université Mohamed VRABAT, Service de médecine et réanimation néonatales, Centre Hospitalier Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc 2 Université Ibn Tofail, Unité Mixte. Corresponding author:...

Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is caused by a disturbance of the blood supply to the brain and an accruing loss of brain function. The first recorded observations were in 2455 BC and it has been studied intensely by ancient physicians throughout history. In the early medieval period, Ibn Sina (980-1025 AD) called stroke sekteh and described it extensively. Some of Ibn Sina's definitio...

Abstract The mystical method of taḥqīq (‘realization’ or ‘verification’ divine truth), as promoted by the Andalusian thinker Ibn ‘Arabi (d. 1240), was central to project managing religious difference in Mughal empire. key architect deploying for imperial purposes emperor Akbar's senior minister, ideologue, and spiritual devotee, Abu al-Fazl. Specifically, I analyse how concept appears al-Fazl's...

Ibn Sina (980-1037 AD), known by his full name Abu Ali al-Hussain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina and the Latin name 'Avicenna', was a Persian scholar who is primarily remembered for his contributions to the science of medicine. He authored Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine). Sections of his work are devoted to detailed descriptions of a number of infectious illnesses, particularly rabies. Avice...

Ibn Sina is generally known as one of the most important philosophers and physicians, one whose contributions to science and philosophy have attracted numerous studies. This article provides an outline of his philosophy of science which determined the framework for his understanding of natural philosophy. Rather than being of historical interest, the article argues, Ibn Sina's philosophy of sci...

During the 1020s Ibn Sı̄nā wrote a commentary in Arabic on the logical works of Aristotle, as part of his encyclopedia Al-Šifā’ (The Cure). The commentary runs to some 2180 pages in the recent Cairo edition; this figure includes his commentary Madk ̄ al on Porphyry’s Eisagōgē, which he counted as an introduction to Aristotle’s work. Apart from the Madk ̄ al which was translated into Latin in the 1...