Hayy ibn Yaqzan

Author's name: Ibn Tufayl

You are alone on a deserted island, with no humans but you. There are animals, birds, and plants. Below you is the earth and above you is the sky. You know nothing about yourself, you don't even know who you are or the meaning of your existence. You don't know if you have a father or a mother, and you don't even know what they mean exactly. You also have no idea that there are other humans in the universe besides you. What will your life be like? Your thoughts and feelings? Your hopes and dreams? And most importantly, will you know your true self, the meaning of your existence and the wisdom behind it? And from there comes the deepest and greatest question, even though no one has told you about it, whether those who deny it or those who believe in it, can you reach God? It reaches the answers that have puzzled mankind throughout history with three of the greatest Muslim philosophers: Ibn Sina, Ibn Tufayl, and Suhrawardi. We live that amazing novel, with their different approaches to it, from philosophical depth and abstraction, and a human dimension, and a narrative structure that captures the hearts and stirs the emotions. Hayy ibn Yaqzan is a journey in search of God. It did not intend a beginning, and did not start from any data other than nature and man with his blank page, completely blank.