O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who believe, a guidance and a Mercy. || Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought.|| We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.||And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me; || Had We sent this as a Qur'an (in the language) other than Arabic, they would have said: "Why are not its verses explained in detail? What! (a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger an Arab?" Say: "It is a Guide and a Healing to those who believe; and for those who believe not, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness in their (eyes): They are (as it were) being called from a place far distant!"
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Chapter 2 (The Spirit and The Soul)


The Soul According to Ibn-Hazm

In his book Al-Fasl fi Al-Melal wa Al-Ahwaa wa Al-Nehal (The Decisive Opinion in Creeds, Passions, and Beliefs) Ibn-Hazm discusses the opinions of his predecessors regarding the soul. He replies to the allegations of Ali ibn Abi Bakr Abdul Rahman bin Kesan who denies the existence of the soul altogether, and to Galinos who claims that it is one of the bodily symptoms. Ibn-Hazm also refutes the statement that the soul is air breathed in and out, as well as other early Mutazalah who said the soul is an essence not an entity.
Ibn-Hazm proved the existence of the soul which is other than the body where he defines it as that which realizes matters and manages the body. It is the activating, sane, distinguished, living, speaking, and assigned entity. The soul is also a light, elevated astrological body with length, width, and depth. It is lighter than air and voluntarily moves while being liable to pain and joy, love and hate, knowledge and ignorance. This soul can educate itself and others, as well as educating bodies and symptoms. Ibn-Hazm puts forth a number of proofs that the soul is a body and is linked to the human body which he considers to be a neighboring connection.
According to Ibn-Hazm, the soul exists before the body which becomes harmful upon joining it. The body distracts the soul from its previous events and once it gets rid of the body's afflictions it becomes more pure and healthy. Ibn-Hazm states that the soul remains after death where its sense and knowledge become better and more complete than before and so does its life which is formed of sense and voluntary movements.
 


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