This engaging book rediscovers the towering savant ‘Alā’ al-Dīn al-Qurašiy, who, in our contemporary culture, is known as Ibn al-Nafīs and whose achievements are reduced to the discovery of the blood’s circulatory system. Nevertheless, the book in hand is not limited to this general information; it reconsiders- or rather revives- many issues pertaining to the character of the outstanding ‘Alā’ al-Dīn and his scientific efforts. This includes the suspicions pertaining to his appellation as Ibn al-Nafīs, as well as Refuting the views maintaining that he studied medicine under the famous physician Muhadhdhab al-Dīn al-Dakhwār. Moreover, the book proves that, on the contrary of what is known that he was a bachelor, he got married and hand several children one of them was called Muhammad. The last five chapters in the book furnish a study of his experimental methods, his intellectual and scientific achievements, in addition to his classification and categorization of sciences. The book also sheds light on his work on logic and the rational trend that distinguishes his writings.

Number of pages: 229.

 The Cultural Assembly, Abu Dhabi, 1999.
Second edition: Dar Nahdit Misr, Cairo, 2008.