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Completed by Tabaristan-based physician Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari around 850 and dedicated to Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil, [9] the work is believed to be the "first all-inclusive medical compendium" [3] and one of the earliest Islamic medical encyclopedias, [10] if not the earliest.
Hikmah (also Hikmat, Arabic: حكمة, ḥikma) is an Arabic word that means wisdom, sagacity, philosophy, rationale or underlying reason. The Quran mentions "hikmah" in various places, where it is understood as knowledge and understanding of the Quran, fear of God , and a means of nourishing the spirit or intellect .