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Ibn Tufayl: Alone on the Island of One's Mind is a fictional tale based on the questions and the thoughts Ibn Tufayl might have had before writing his famous work Hayy ibn Yaqdhan.
How did Ibn Tufayl's journey towards writing such a work begin? What kinds of thoughts must have passed through his mind along that journey? In this book, we set out on our own journey to find and follow the footsteps of Ibn Tufayl's mind.
The book makes the reader think about the importance of intellect. Imagine if, despite having all the books and Prophetic teachings, one lacks intellect (mentally handicapped), then how could that person benefit from all the knowledge? Imagine that despite having all the intellect, if Allah SWT had kept us away from His Scriptures, and Prophets and Guidance... what could we do? Tawhid is in our fitrah, but life would still not be the same for us. Thus, both intellect and Knowledge of the Divine are huge blessings. - Abeer Arain
Ozkan Oze was born in Turkey in 1974. While in high school, he started working at Zafer Magazine's editorial office in Istanbul and discovered his love of literature and books. Since then, he has gone on to become the editor of Zafer Publications Group and continues to write.