Ibn Sina and Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi on the Origination of the Soul (Huduth al-nafs) and the Invalidation of its Transmigration (ibtal al-tanasukh)​

This article presents a comparative survey of Ibn Sina and Abu al-Barakat's views on the problem of the origination of the soul and its transmigration (tanasukh) and contrasts their arguments and interpretations. The article identifies similarities and differences in the views of these two scholars, both of whom believed in and argued for the origination of the soul and rejected its transmigration, with particular focus on the way they differ in defining their views.

Keywords: Ibn Sina; Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi; psychology; the origination of the soul; tanasukh, the transmigration of the soul; Kitab al-mu'tabar fi al-hikmah; al-Shifa'; al-Najat; al-Risalah al-'adhawiyyah fi al-ma'ad.

Journal of Islam & Science, Vol. 4 (Winter 2006) No. 2

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Wan Suhaimi Wan Abdullah

Wan Suhaimi Wan Abdullah is Senior Lecturer, Department of Aqidah and Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.