Classical foundations of Islamic educational thought : a compendium of parallel English-Arabic texts / selected and introduced by Bradley J. Cook ; with assistance from Fathi H. Malkawi.

Arabic and English translation on facing pages.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The book of rules of conduct for teachers / Ibn Saḥnūn, translated by Michael Fishbein -- The seventh epistle of the propaedeutical part on the scientific arts and what they aim at / Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ, translated by Rüdiger Arnzen -- A treatise detailing the circumstances of students and the rules of governing teachers and students (abridged) / al-Qābisī, translated by Michael Fishbein -- From the second discourse of The refinement of character / Miskawayh, translated by Constantine K. Zurayk -- O son! / al-Ghazālī, translated by David C. Reisman -- Instruction of the student : the method of learning / al-Zarnūjī, translated by G.E. von Grunebaum and Theodora M. Abel -- A memorandum for listeners and lecturers : rules of conduct for the learned and the learning (abridged) / Ibn Jamā'ah, translated by Michael Fishbein -- Selections from The muqaddimah / Ibn Khaldūn, transled from the Arabic by Franz Rosenthal.

Education has always been an important pursuit in Islam. The Prophet Muhammad enjoined his followers to "seek knowledge, even unto China." Within the religion, educational theory and practice were founded on the work of itinerant teachers who taught the fundamental tenets of the faith in exchange for lodging and other services; Qurʹanic schools where masters of the Qurʹan tutored pupils; and centers of higher learning in Baghdad, Damascus, Alexandria and elsewhere, where Islamic theology and jurisprudence were developed and taught. In this volume, Bradley J. Cook, with assistance from Fathi H. Malkawi, has drawn together and introduced selections from the writings of eminent Islamic thinkers on the subject of Islamic educational efforts, presenting the original Arabic texts alongside their annotated English translations. -- Publisher description.