Introduction to Volume I
"This book attempts to move the reader: from the jurisprudence of sustenance to the engineering of divine sovereignty, from consumption to operation, from dependency to sovereignty, from the morsel to insight." β Nasser Ibn Dawood
This volume is the methodological foundation for everything that follows. It answers: What is food in the Qur'an? What do Tayyibat mean? How does Fiqh al-Lisan work? What is the relationship between food and insight?
Function of this volume: After completing this volume, you will be able to: understand the methodology, analyze concepts, and read the dietary system as a cognitive structure.
βοΈ Summary of Volume I: Building the Balance
This volume focuses on building the conceptual and methodological foundation for understanding food in the Qur'an, redefining concepts of Tayyibat, Khaba'ith, eating, and drinking within the network of the Qur'anic tongue.
The Cognitive Path: Morsel β Inputs β Consciousness β Insight β Purification β Protection β Vicegerency β Unveiling.
Here the reader moves from "food as matter" to "food as a perceptual system."
π Highlights of Volume I
- Fiqh al-Lisan: Methodology and tool
- The Qur'anic operating system: From Tayyibat to Khaba'ith
- Eating and drinking: Mechanisms of assimilation and flow
- The Law of Mediation Reduction (0-4) β From raw to distorted
- The story of the Israelites: Replacing the higher with the lower
- Guidance symbols: Figs, olives, dates, honey, onions, lentils
- Guidance first: {He who created me, and He guides me; He who feeds me and gives me drink}
π Table of Contents
βοΈ About the Author
Nasser Ibn Dawood is an Islamic researcher and engineer. In this volume, he establishes the methodology of "Fiqh al-Lisan" as a tool for understanding the text beyond traditional literalism.