A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

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Accordingly, to understand the full or intended meaning of the word or the verse, Muhsin Khan’s translation has also been included in this edition. It has helped me to understand the Qur'an in much more depth and fallen in love with Islam even more.

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In my forties and a family man, there came a more ardent desire to create a handbook that would help people overcome the boundaries to living their best. The spiritual conditions highlighted are thoroughly and insightfully covered and are all fairly common with pitfalls we can all succumb to at some point within our lives, such as: envy, anger, miserliness, negative feelings and vanity.As the book is presented in the style of a handbook, the intention isn’t to read the book all in one sitting. After spending some time with this book, I was surprised that a similar format isn’t being more widely adopted as there is a clear gap in the market for a handbook on treating spiritual diseases. Ibn Daud draws from 1000+ Qur’ānic verses and authentic ahādīth, inspiring mindfulness of the Almighty Cherisher and His Beloved Prophet, as well as drawing on the 11th and 12th Century works of the ‘Proof of Islam’ and wondrous sage, Imām Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī. However, not all literal translation represents the exact meaning of the word since the Qur'an uses varied Arabic language style and sometimes metaphor. My most favourite element of the handbook was the sections highlighting the exceptions of each illness.

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I asked the author to make a few corrections, and it is testament to the idea that he has adopted the very spirit of the book that he was very quick to agree to them. This work will enable the reader to self-analyse and assist him or herself in meeting their Creator with a 'sound heart'. Mecca Books was formed to provide today’s generation of knowledge seekers a place where they can get traditional Islamic books. Jamal Parekh, Ibn Daud: Being a British-born Muslim, I have been a seeker of faith from my adolescent years.Whereas the traffic light system highlights the diseases (red) of the heart, its cure (green) and what its exceptions (amber) are.