“A story about Hayy ibn Yaqdhan” has been published, which is a collection of annotated academic translations of three versions of a classical story about Hayy ibn Yaqdhan by Ibn Sina, Suhrawardi and ibn Tufail. It offers three different viewpoints of medieval philosophers on what a human is. These works have influenced not only the Muslim world, but also the European literature. There is also a version of this novel written in Hebrew.

This edition features an academic introduction and an appendix containing explanatory articles.

The book was prepared for publication by the Sadra publishing house with the assistance of the People’s Friendship University of Russia and the Islamic Culture Research Foundation.