Reflections on the book "Treasures of Knowledge" by Ibn Kaji El-Xhevzije

Abstract

His full name is Ebu Abdullah Shemsedin, Muhamed, son of Ebu Bekr son of Ejub son of Said Ez-Zur'i, than Ed-Dimeshki, known as Ibn Kajim El-Xhevzije. During the life of this illuminated personality of the Islamic knowledge and sciences, it did not pass without notice the large number of scholars, from which he acquired a vast knowledge.

When the name of Ibn Kajim El- Xhevzije, a remarkable Islamic theologian and scholar, is mentioned in the field of theological creativity the problem starts to become more intriguing for the reader, commentaries more and more attractive and, what is more important, arguments are rather convincing and progressive.

In the work "Treasures of Knowledge", its main theme concentrates on the Islamic monotheism. Through a selected and clear style, the author tries to find the most appropriate and rational ways to communicate to the human conscience an obligation, a naturally inborn one: the need to believe.

The believer's ethics occupies a central place in the work, given that theory and practice coexist as long as they are taken for granted. It comes as a result of a reasoning inductive process in the depths of the reflecting human conscience. Naturally, during the introduction of different issues in his work, the author raises many rhetorical questions, which normally are not new to anyone. It is just here that the influence of the author on the reader both in the past and in the present stands.

He writes on the basis of his love for the reader and offers him/her what should be shared between them both in the lines and paragraphs of the book and in the everyday live: the Belief. The book "Treasures of Knowledge", which is recently introduced to the public opinion, especially addresses to the Muslim reader with the hope that it will be attentively read, understood, felt and manifested through deeds.

As in every complete work, the most sincere desire is that every word written in it, or expressed ideas and thoughts, should not remain lifeless letters in collections or public libraries, but they should serve to believers, raised to the highest pedestal of the spiritual and physical triumph, as they deserve, without forgetting the sincere commemoration full of prayers and appreciation of the late author Ibn Kaji El- Xhevzije.