Hunting the Thought Book by Ibn al-Jawzi 584 pages Free of defects, and if any are found, they are very few and do not affect understanding. Book Topic: A book of reflections, thoughts, and advice written by the Islamic scholar Ibn al-Jawzi (lived in the 6th Hijri century). It is not a storybook or about one specific topic, but rather scattered thoughts in which he collected his ideas about life, religion, the self, and people. Self-purification, religion and worship, people and society, time and life, knowledge and learning, sadness, worries, and trials, psychological and philosophical observations.