Islamic Philosophy

About this book

Islamic Philosophy: the story of thought in its highest manifestations. Within the pages of this book we do not read a dry chronicle of ideas; we listen to the pulse of a real tragedy played out on the stage of life. It is the story of the mind when it decided to storm the horizons of heaven and the cosmos, armed with wisdom in the face of the storm. The author Ahmed Fouad Al-Ahwani begins his journey from the moment when the Arabs had neither codification nor theoretical sciences, tracing how Islam breathed new life into them, moving them from the narrow sphere of the tribe to the vast horizon of humanity. The book moves intelligently between obscurity and inspiration, revealing how philosophy transformed from an imported Greek commodity into the mother of sciences and the craft of crafts in the heart of Baghdad and Cordoba. On this journey you will accompany giant personalities who wrestled with stagnation and triumphed for truth at times, and broke before the winds of takfir at other times, until the curtain fell on their drama by a decision of history. From Al-Kindi, the philosopher of the Arabs who healed souls with music, to Ibn Sina who tamed medicine and existence, to Ibn Rushd who stood firm against incoherence, the book takes us on a quest for God, the world, and man. It is a call to reclaim the banner of philosophy which the author sees beginning to return to its rightful owners today, declaring that thought does not die but sleeps, waiting for minds to awaken it anew.