Abu Zayd al-Balkhi's Sustenance of the Soul: The Cognitive Behavior Therapy of a Ninth Century Physician

It was a stroke of genius to commission an Egyptian psychiatric professional to translate this landmark work from Arabic to English. The translation is easy to follow and brings out the the author's expertise in the field of mental health, which modern professionals are only catching up to after more than a millenium. Al-Balkhi provides insights into afflictions of the soul, along with symptoms and treatment - something that modern scientists are hard pressed to accomplish with their current orientation.

Al-Balkhi was certainly very insightful to the human experience, and I certainly gleaned a better understanding of the innate relationship between the soul and body that is not acknowledged in conventional medicine. Additionally, the strategies to relieving granular descriptions of a variety of psychological maladies is worthwhile. This translation only reveals what is in the psychological reference part of Al-Balkhi’s work. I’d be very interested to learn what he wrote in the first part, as he lived to be 88 years of age.

I really learned a lot about psychology and how the mind works from reading this book. It was easy to understand and I enjoyed reading it 😊

Great resource to help achieve stability and peace from a mental, emotional, and spiritual standpoint. In depth, yet concise. Not only great for Muslims to read but great Wisdom for all people to absorb.

Excellent book. Amazing that real-time psychological insights and how to deal and cure them was know so very long ago in the Muslim/Islamic world where scholars of the soul and mind worked in tandem. Men of knowledge incorporated their knowledge of the Phydical world seamlessly with the unseen and so balanced things out in the disturbances of mind, body and soul.

I like reading about medical history. It amazes me how history could forget about eastern doctors and scientists, but it's true, even when I was learning at university about this topic, we skipped them. Greeks and Romans and their smart philosophers, then nothing till after middle age. And here I could see how smart eastern doctors were, connecting pains of the body with the pains of the soul. The most important thing about health is to be happy, that is to have a healthy soul. Even today some doctors would rather treat lines instead of a patient.

Loved this book. Short and quick and to the point. Took it as a course with Qalam’s book club by Mikael Smitb and it was great. رحمة الله عليه

I was pleased with the quality of the product, which met my expectations. However, the packing was extremely disappointing. The item was not properly secured, and the packaging materials were flimsy, which caused damage during transit. But the corners are damaged.

Die Inhalte dieses Buches entfalten ihre Wirkung und ihre Nützlichkeit im Kontekt der Auseinandersetzung mit den Inhalten des Qur'an unterstützt durch das Studium der Psychologie. Dabei sind die unterschiedliche Schulen innerhalb der Psychologie umfasst, jedoch liegt der Schwerpunkt auf die "Existenzielle Psychotherapie" nach Irvin D. Yalom, nach meinem Verständnis. Abu Zayd al-Blakhi ist der erste Psychologe/Psychiater innerhalb der muslimischen Gemeinschaft aus dem 9. Jahrhundert, dessen Erkenntnisse sich im heutigen DSM-5 bezüglich der Katalogisierung von diversen Phobien, wiederfinden. Ein Buch für jeden, den es interessiert. ...

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Very wonderful read and has very great tips on how to manage things like anger, fear and sadness.. It is written in a way so that even the ordinary person will understand it.

Book arrives much earlier than expected. I used this work in my masters thesis and I’m so happy to have my own copy to read and make notes in. Thanks so much!!

Des siècles avant Freud et consorts, Abu Zayd al-Balkhi a posé les bases de la psychologie et même des TCC. Il explique les différentes peurs, leurs manifestations et il fait de même avec la dépression. Les TOCS sont également abordés. Cet ouvrage nous montre l'apport de cet homme à la psychologie et les siècles d'avance qu'il avait.