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ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī''s Indian Books, completed in the year 850 CE as an appendix to his medico-philosophical chef-d''œuvre "Paradise of Wisdom", belong to the most remarkable texts in Arabic scientific literature. The Indian Books offer a unique, interpretative summary of the main tenets of Ayurvedic medicine, as understood by Arabic-speaking scholars on the basis of now lost translations from Sanskrit. The present book centres around a critical edition and annotated translation of this crucial text, framed by a detailed introduction and extensive glossaries of terms. Ṭabarī''s learned exposé of Ayurveda also throws a more nuanced light on the allegedly uncontested supremacy of Greek humoralism in 9th-century Arabic medicine.

This is the original History of the Modammedan Dynasties of Spain reprinted from the first edition of 1840-1843. It represents the foundations of our modern understanding of a great civilisation.

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Rhazes, a great clinician, ranks with Hippocrates, Aretaeus, and Sydenham as one of the original portrayers of disease. His description of small-pox and measles is the first authentic account in literature. This edition contains a list of all the editions and translations, the Greek translator''s preface, Channing''s Latin preface, Haller''s preface, and an index in both Arabic and English. -- H.W. Orr.

Poet, philosopher, and sensitive misanthrope, a spectacular fly in the ointment of the refined eleventh-century Andalusian-Jewish elite, Solomon Ibn Gabirol comes down to us as one of the most complicated intellectual figures in the history of post-biblical Judaism. Unlike his worldly predecessor Shmuel HaNagid, the first important poet of the period, Ibn Gabirol was a reclusive, mystically inclined figure whose modern-sounding medieval poems range from sublime descriptions of the heavenly spheres to poisonous jabs at court life and its pretenders. His verse, which demonstrates complete mastery of the classicizing avant-garde poetics of the day, grafted an Arabic aesthetic onto a biblical vocabulary and Jewish setting, taking Hebrew poetry to a level of metaphysical sophistication and devotional power it has not achieved since. Peter Cole''s selection includes poems from nearly all of Ibn Gabirol''s secular and liturgical lyric genres, as well as a complete translation of the poet''s long masterwork, "Kingdom''s Crown." Cole''s rich, inventive introduction places the poetry in historical context and charts its influence through the centuries. Extensive annotations accompany the poems. This companion volume to Peter Cole''s critically acclaimed Selected Poems of Shmuel HaNagid presents the first comprehensive selection of Ibn Gabirol''s verse to be published in English and brings to life an astonishing body of poetry by one of the greatest Jewish writers of all time.

Through the story of the universal tree, representing the complete human being, and the four birds, representing the four essential aspects of existence, Ibn ''Arabi explains his teaching on the nature and meaning of union with God. Providing an excellent initiation into the often complex works of Ibn ''Arabi, this brief, delightful tale is the first English translation of an important, early work, complete with Arabic text, commentary, and notes.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir is one of the Most Comprehensive and Complete Explanation and Commentary of The Noble Quran. The 30th part of Tafsir Ibn Kathir is comprehensive in interpretation.

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Sahl bin Bishr (Zahel) and Masha''allah were two of the most influential medieval astrologers from the Arabic period. This essential work in medieval astrology translates 16 of their works, most for the first time, and includes many charts and lengthy introductory remarks and explanations by the translator.

Translated by Earl Rivers.

I have gathered together in this book numerous ideas which Allâh, the provider of intellect, has enabled me to profit from as day succeeded day, [and year succeeded year] and circumstances altered, permitting me to understand the vicissitudes of fate and to control its fluctuations, to the extent that I have devoted the larger part of my life to it. I have chosen to master these problems by study and contemplation, rather than throw myself into the various sensual pleasures which attract most souls on this earth, and rather than amass unnecessary wealth. I have gathered together all my observations into this book in the hope that the Almighty may allow it to benefit whichever of His servants He wishes who has access to [is capable of understanding] my book, in the matters over which I have slaved, devoting all my efforts to them and reflecting at length upon them. I hope that it will be well received, and I present it with good intentions and blessings [with a good heart]. This book will benefit a person more than financial treasures and possessions of property, if he meditates upon it, and if Allâh enables him to make good use of it. As for myself, my hope in this enterprise is to win the greatest reward from Allâh, since my intention is to help His servants, to remedy whatever is corrupt in their character, and to heal the sickness of their souls. I beseech the assistance of Allâh [Almighty, we wish only for God, the best of defenders]. Ibn Hazm Al Andalusi

Diwan of Ibn ''Arabi Translation & Introduction Paul Smith In the West he is known as the Doctor Maximus and in the Islamic world as The Great Master. Born in Murcia in Spain in 1165 his family moved to Seville. At thirty-five he left for Mecca where he completed his most influential book of poems The Interpreter of Ardent Desires (Tarjuman al-Ashwaq) and began writing his masterpiece, the vast Meccan Revelations. In 1204 he began further travels. In 1223 he settled in Damascus where he lived the last seventeen years of his life, dying in 1240. His tomb there is still an important place of pilgrimage. A prolific writer, Ibn ''Arabi is generally known as the prime exponent of the idea later known as the ''Unity of Being''. His emphasis was on the true potential of the human being and the path to realizing that potential and becoming the Perfect or complete person. Hundreds of works are attributed to him including a large Divan of poems most of which have yet to be translated. Introduction... on his life and poetry, forms he composed in & Sufism in poetry, Selected Bibliography. Appendix: The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq of Ibn ''Arabi, Translation of Poems & Commentary by Reynold A. Nicholson. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of this selection of his beautiful, mystical poems in the forms of qit''as, ghazals and a memorable qasida. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 228 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH''S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ''S ''DIVAN''. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished.." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz''s Divan off by heart. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books). Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, ''Attar, Sana''i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu''in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Abu Nuwas, Ibn al-Farid, Majnun, Iqbal, Ghalib, Baba Farid, Nazir Akbarabadi and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children''s books and a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

Historia Jemanae sub Hasano Pascha (History of Yemen under Hasan Pasha) is the translation into Latin, and a critical edition, of an Arabic history of the reign of Ottoman governor Hasan Pasha in Yemen in the 16th century, written by his contemporary, ʻAmir ibn Muhammad al-Ruʻami (or al-Du''ami). The original work in Arabic is entitled al-Rawd al-hasan fi akhbar sayir mawlana sahib al-sa''adah al-Basha Hasan fi ayyam wilayatih bi-iqlim Yaman (Agreeable gardens or the sojourn of Lord Hasan Pasha during his governorship of Yemen). The work was translated by Antonius Rutgers (1805-84), a Dutch biblical scholar and professor of oriental languages. Hasan Pasha was one of the most successful Ottoman governors of Yemen. His mission was to restore Yemen to firm Ottoman control and maintain peace against rebellious local rulers, which he accomplished during his 24-year rule (1580-1604). The events of the period are chronicled by the historian al-Ruʻami, about whom little else is known. He was clearly a partisan of Hasan Pasha and never missed an opportunity to praise him with the highest honorifics. Antonius Rutgers based his translation on a manuscript now at the University of Leiden. His work is annotated with historical, linguistic, and cultural commentary. He also supplied many examples of al-Ruʻami''s original Arabic text. The book contains an index containing lengthy descriptions of locations mentioned in the text. Rutgers taught theology and oriental languages at the University of Leiden and elsewhere, and is considered the founder of Sanskrit studies in the Netherlands.