
Precious Thoughts According to Ibn Al Jawzi
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Ibn Al Jawzi said: "As thoughts pass over things that appear to them and then disappear, it is essential to retain them so as not to forget them, and the Prophet said: "Write down knowledge". How many thoughts have come to me that I have not been able to fix, and which have fled leaving me in regret! I have noticed that each time I open the eye of reflection, unexpected wonders of the Unseen appear to it. Then dunes of understanding pile up before it that it is not permissible to neglect. Thus I have made this book a net intended for hunting furtive thoughts (Sayd Al Khatir)." Ibn Kathir shows us what a wonderful journey, without the depths of thought and wisdom, Ibn Al Jawzi invites us to, when he says: "He was unique in exhortation, without precedent or equal, in his style, his eloquence, the sweetness of his words, the elegance of their embedding, the effectiveness of his exhortation, his immersion in the deep meanings, and his clear exposition of strange things in concise terms, easily understandable, because he brought together numerous meanings in a few words. He spontaneously declaimed prose and poetry, and in a word he was a unique teacher in the art of exhortation and many others." A unique book, of rare wisdom and eloquence, whose fame is not usurped, and which, without a doubt, will overwhelm the one who delves into it.