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Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl. The Awakening of the Soul
The Awakening of the Soul
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Different Accounts of the Birth of Hayy Ibn Yokdhan
Hayy Ibn Yokdhan, son of a Princess
Hayy is exposed by his Mother
Hayy is driven by the tide to another Island
Hayy is found by a Roe, which takes care of him
Spontaneous Generation
Hayy grows up nursed by the Roe
Hayy learns to imitate animals’ voices
Hayy begins to take a careful view of things
Hayy observes the difference between the animals and himself
Hayy as a boy of seven. He covers himself with leaves
Hayy becomes aggressive, and attacks wild beasts
Hayy covers himself with the skin of an Eagle
Hayy spreads terror among the beasts
Hayy is grief-stricken at the death of the Roe
Hayy takes an aversion to the dead Body
Hayy buries the body of the Roe
Hayy observes divers kinds of Living Creatures and Plants
Hayy discovers Fire kindled by the friction of Reeds
Hayy makes himself Clothes and Shoes of the Skins of Animals
Hayy learns to ride
Hayy examines the Nature of Bodies
Hayy transfers his thoughts to the Heavenly Bodies
Hayy ponders over Heaven and Stars
Hayy finds that the Body of Heaven is finite
Hayy contemplates Sun, Moon, and Stars
Hayy concludes that the Heaven is of a spherical Figure
Hayy ponders over the Creation of the World
Hayy concludes that the world must have a Creator without bodily Substance
Hayy admires the work of the Creator
Hayy is completely taken up with the Contemplation of the Superior Intellectual World
Hayy examines all his Senses and Faculties
HAYY RETURNS TO THE SENSIBLE WORLD
Asal and Salaman appear on the Scene
Nature and Character of Asal and Salaman
Further Differences of Asal and Salaman
Asal repairs to Hayy’s Island
Hayy and Asal meet
Hayy catches hold of Asal
Hayy and Asal stroke one another
Hayy and Asal try to understand each other
Asal makes Hayy eat of his food
Hayy Ibn Yokdhan at last joins Asal at dinner, but repents afterwards
Asal becomes Hayy’s Companion and Teacher
Hayy enlightens Asal on his Inner Life
Asal tells Hayy of the Island from whence he had come
Hayy observes that men are dull, stupid and brutish
Asal persuades Hayy to follow him to his Island
Hayy and Asal return together to Asal’s Island
Hayy begins to teach and instruct Salaman’s subjects
Hayy despairs of being able to reform the vulgar crowd
Hayy’s philosophical views on the value of this world
Hayy gives up his Preachings and Teachings
Asal and Hayy return to their Island
Epilogue of the Author
THE WISDOM OF THE EAST SERIES
