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Certificate of Completion by Ibn Nafis
by Meam Wye
The 13th century polymath Ibn Nafis made a signed statement that his student, Shams al-Dawlah Abu al-Fadl ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Masihi, had read and mastered his (Ibn al-Nafis's) commentary on a Hippocratic treatise. This certificate, present in the National Library of Medicine, is in the handwriting of Ibn al-Nafis himself and dated the 29th of Jumada I in 668 H (25 January 1270). The translation is as follows:"The eminent Shaykh, physician-philosopher, Shams al-Dawla Abu'l-Fadl Ibn al-Shaykh Abi'l-Hasan al-Masihi, may Allah grant him eternal happiness, discussed with me all the contents of this book of mine, which contains my commentary on the book of the leader Hippocrates, that is his book known as Nature of Man. This discussion has revealed the clarity of his mind and the straightforwardness of his thought; may Allah the exalted [help] him to make use [of my book] and render him useful [to mankind]; and so writes cAli Ibn Abi'l-Hazm al-Qurashi[known as Ibn al-Nafis], a practitioner, who is in need of Allah the exalted. Praise be to Allah for His graces; may He bless His best Prophet Muhammad ( pbuh ) and his people; twenty-ninth Jumada of the year six hundred and sixty-eight [AD 25 January 1270]."
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