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must knowledgeably forbid evil and enjoin what is good with regard for the
awesome events and sexuality that brought each of us into this world. May it
so please Allah to grant us this success.
In the second part of the book, and before reviewing recent discoveries that
shed light on human sexuality and its various expressions, I’ve endeavored to
set forth principles that will help the reader assess these disturbing facts with
what I pray is greater clarity and wisdom. The concepts of normality, natural,
supernatural, supra-natural, miracle, limits (boundaries), life-energy
(formative forces), manifest extremes, morality and ignorance are discussed
in relation to Islam’s revelation of creation and deviations from divinely pre-
determined principles and patterns, as well as man’s perception and
acceptance of ‘normality’.
After the establishment of these definitions, I introduce scientific
developments in the fields of genetics, anatomy, neurology, physiology and
psychosocial conduct that inextricably combine to establish human sexuality
as an expression of a core identity that is bound to sentience and behavior
which often exceeds the orthodox limits of propriety. This recently acquired
knowledge gives cause to revisit human sexuality anew and raises many
questions that require cogent reassessment before reaching moral and ethical
conclusions. Chapters then follow dealing with human development,
sexuality, sex education and marriage with a focus on the ‘sense of touch’ and
its direct relationship to Iman or Faith, Disbelief and Hypocrisy
As you proceed, I entreat your mercy and kindness for my shortcomings, as
did Bro. Ibn Khaldun:
I confess my inability to penetrate so difficult a subject. I wish that men of scholarly
competence and wide knowledge would look at the book with a critical, rather than
a complacent eye, and silently correct and overlook the mistakes they come upon.
The capital of knowledge that an individual scholar has to offer is small. Admission
(of one's shortcomings) saves from censure. Kindness from colleagues is hoped for.^4Most Sincerely, Omar Zaid, M.D.
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FORWARD to The Introduction and Book One of the World History, Kitab al-Ibar, p. 5.