Sustenance of the Soul by Malik Badri

Isbn: 9781565645998

Author: Malik Badri

Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought

“Abu Zayd al-Balkhi’s Sustenance of the Soul: The Cognitive Behavior Therapy of a Ninth Century Physician” is an English translation and commentary by the prominent Sudanese psychologist Malik Badri. Published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), the book brings to light an extraordinary 9th-century manuscript originally titled Masalih al-Abdan wa al-Anfus (Sustenance for Bodies and Souls), written by the Persian polymath Abu Zayd al-Balkhi.