Numu al-Insan min Marhalat al-Janin ila Marhalat al-Musinin
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Numu al-Insan min Marhalat al-Janin ila Marhalat al-Musinin (Human Development from the Fetal Stage to the Elderly Stage) is an Arabic treatise on developmental psychology co-authored by Amal Ahmad Mukhtar Sadiq and Fu'ad Abd al-Latif Abu Hatab, presenting a lifespan developmental perspective integrated with Islamic concepts .
Background and Purpose
The work represents the second collaborative book by Sadiq and Abu Hatab following their earlier work, Ilm al-Nafs al-Tarbawi ("Educational Psychology") . The authors intended it as an expansion of their educational psychology work, organizing psychological data across the human life cycle within a Quranic framework and seeking to articulate an Islamic foundation for developmental psychology . The authors signed the preface to the fourth edition in Cairo in Safar 1419 AH / June 1998 CE .
Structure and Contents
The book is structured into six parts (abwab) encompassing twenty-two chapters (fusul), organizing human life into three broad phases: the first phase of initial weakness moving toward strength, the second phase of adult strength, and the third phase of late weakness :
- Part One: General Foundations (al-Usus al-Ammah): Comprises five chapters addressing the nature and fundamental issues of human development, the origins of psychology in the West, the Islamic conception of developmental psychology as derived from the Quran, prophetic Sunnah, and classical Muslim thinkers, scientific research methods in relation to Islamic epistemological concepts, and major developmental models, highlighting Jean Piaget on cognitive development, Erik Erikson on emotional development, and Lawrence Kohlberg on moral and social development .
- Part Two: The Fetal Stage (Marhalat al-Janin): Comprises three chapters (Chapters 6–8) following the Quranic division of prenatal development, detailing the formation of the drop (nutfah), embryonic phases (nutfah amshaj, alaqah, mudghah, bone and flesh formation, and full shaping), and prenatal care for the fetus and mother .
- Part Three: Childhood (Marhalat al-Tufulah): Comprises four chapters (Chapters 9–12) tracing Islamic stages of childhood, specifically the newborn (walid), nursing infant (radi'), early child custody (hadanah), and discernment (tamyiz) .
- Part Four: Adolescence and Youth (Marhalat al-Murahaqah wa-l-Shabab): Comprises two chapters (Chapters 13–14) examining the transition toward adulthood, covering puberty (bulugh al-hilm) and youth (bulugh al-sa'y) .
- Part Five: Adulthood (al-Rushd al-Insani): Comprises four chapters (Chapters 15–18) treating the criteria for adulthood, early adulthood (bulugh al-rushd), middle age (bulugh al-ashudd), and adult lifelong learning .
- Part Six: Old Age and Senescence (Da'f al-Musinnin): Comprises four chapters (Chapters 19–22) discussing criteria for old age, physical, cognitive, and social changes in late life, extreme old age (ardhal al-umur) and associated neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, concluding with care and educational support for the elderly .
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