# The Prophetic Medicine

> A source-faithful reading edition of The Prophetic Medicine by Ibn Qay’em El-Jozeyah, translated by ABD EL-QADER the son of ABD EL-AZEEZ (2003 source edition).

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## The Nile

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The Nile is one of the rivers of Paradise that flows from deep inside Ethiopia. It is collected from the rainfall and the floods that supply it with water. Then, Allah directs this river that flows with water to dry areas, causing the vegetation, on which people and animals live,

to grow and 1! اعابت‎

The lb the river flows to is dry and does not keep rainai wis falls on it, which is insufficient to grow voi. af anyway. On the other hand, when such a

land receives more than the normal rainfall, the houses and life will be destroyed. Allah has caused the rain to fall on far lands and then directed this rain to flow in a huge

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river in sufficient amounts that would benefit the people and the animals. When the river provides enough water for farming and to grow vegetation, the water level then decreases so that the people are able to tend and harvest the vegetation, The water of the Nile has the ten characteristics that we mentioned before, and this is why it is among the lightest, sweetest and freshest waters.