id="pgepubid00003">THE FOURTH SEPTENARY

• Hayy ponders over heaven and stars, 47
• Hayy finds that the body of heaven is finite, 47
• Hayy contemplates sun, moon, and stars, 48
• Hayy concludes that the heaven is of a spherical figure, 48
• Hayy ponders over the creation of the world, 50
• Hayy concludes that the world must have a Creator without bodily substance, 51
• Hayy admires the work of the Creator, 56

FIFTH SEPTENARY

• Hayy is completely taken up with the contemplation of the superior intellectual world, 58
• Hayy examines all his senses and faculties, 58

• Hayy Returns to the Sensible World 63

SEVENTH SEPTENARY

• Asal and Salaman appear on the scene, 65
• Nature and character of Asal and Salaman, 66
• Further differences of Asal and Salaman, 66
• Asal repairs to Hayy’s Island, 67
• Hayy and Asal meet, 69
• Hayy catches hold of Asal, 70
• Hayy and Asal stroke one another, 71
• Hayy and Asal try to understand each other, 71
• Asal makes Hayy eat of his food, 72
• Hayy Ibn Yokdhan at last joins Asal at dinner, but repents afterwards, 72
• Asal becomes Hayy’s companion and teacher, 73
• Hayy enlightens Asal on his inner life, 74
• Asal tells Hayy of the Island from whence he had come, 75
• Hayy observes that men are dull, stupid, and brutish, 78
• Asal persuades Hayy to follow him to his Island, 79
• Hayy and Asal return together