Ibn Daud - A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

as that part of the self that overwhelmingly commands us toward
sin. In the same way that we pray and read the Qur’ān, or engage in
regular remembrance of Allāh on a daily basis, then if we reflect
on this book and others like it, we can apply its advices to our
busy lives in this modern, hi-tech era. I hope that the accessibility
and brevity of the language means that this is a book capable of
soothing the pains of people of all ages, all denominations: believers
and non-believers alike.
THE AUTHOR’S JOURNEY
Again, I would like to offer sincere thanks to the countless generous
people who have devoted time and effort in helping me towards
this goal. The foremost of these, however, are my devoted and
inspirational mother, Hameeda and late father Mohammed Daud
Parekh: it is to them that I dedicate this book. Without their love and
prayers, these pages would be blank leaves and I would not be able
to say so wholeheartedly: “this is the upstanding and unshakeable
religion.”
اللَّهُمَّ‏ آتِ‏ نَفْسِ‏ تَقْوَ‏ اهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ‏ خَيْرُ‏ مَنْ‏ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ‏
وَلِيُّهَا وَ‏ مَوْ‏ لََا
Allāhumma āti nafsi taqwāhā wa zakkihā anta khayru man zakkāhā anta
Waliyyuhā wa Mawlāhā
O Allāh! Grant me the sense of piety and purify my soul as You are
the Best to purify it. You are its Guardian and its Protecting Friend.
Āmīn.
Jamal Parekh (Ibn Daud)
Leicester, UK
Rama}ān 1441 (May 2020)
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