THE
SOUL'S JOURNEY AFTER
DEATH
An Abridgement of Ibn Qayyim's
Kitabar-Ruh
With Commentary by Layala Mabrouk
Translated by Aisha Bewley
Paperback 40 Pages
Published by Dar Al Taqwa
This
important book covers an area about which most
people have very little knowledge but which is at the same time, of
vital
interest to all human beings. It outlines what happens to the human
soul from
the moment of death until the arrival of the Day of Judgement.
It describes the death
profess itself, the exact relationship of the soul to the
body, the states of the soul after it leaves this world, and the nature
of the
ongoing relationship between the dead and those who are still alive.
About
Imam
Ibn
al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Imam
Ibn
al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya
was born into a scholarly and
virtuous
family in 691 AH/ 1292 A.D. At that time Damascus was a centre of
literature and
thought. Many schools were located there and he studied and graduated
under the
protection, direction and sponsorship of his father. He was
particularly
influenced by his Shaykh and teacher Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, and
also by Ibn
ash-Shirazi
amongst others.
Ibn
al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya died in the city of Damascus the year 751 AH/1350
C.E.,when he was scarcely 60 years old, and was buried at the
cemetery of
Bab- al-Saghir, near the grave of his father - Rahimahuma
Allah.
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About
Aisha
Bewley
Aisha
Abdurrahman at Tarjumana Bewley
is one today’s most
prolific
translators of classical Arabic work into English. Aisha Bewley not
only
understands Arabic but she is also aware of the basic meanings and
nature of
teachings and history of Islam. Her knowledge is born of experience and
direct
transmission, not merely academic theory and learning by rote. For more
than
twenty-five years she has been concerned with making the contents of
many
classical works in Arabic more Accessible to English-speaking readers
for the
first time, including Ash-Shifa of Qadi “Iyad.
She
is co-translator The
Noble Qur'an A New Rendering of its Meaning in English.
Other works
include -Al-Muwatta
of Imam Malik , Glossary
of Islamic Terms, Islam:
The Empowering of Women, Muslim
Women A Biographical Dictionary.
About
Layla Mabrouk
Layla
Mabrouk, an eminent, contemporary, Egyptian scholar has skillfully
abridged Ibn Qayyim's great work Kitabar-Ruh.
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