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What is al-Akhlāq wa'l-Siyar?
Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba (d. 456 AH / 1064 CE) wrote this book the way a physician writes about a disease he has survived. It is a short, unsparing account of the sicknesses of the soul — envy, vanity, the love of being spoken of — and of how a person may actually be cured of them.
What makes the book unforgettable is its honesty. Ibn Ḥazm names his own faults. He tells you what friendship cost him. He refuses every consolation he does not believe. Eleven centuries later, it still reads as though it was written by someone who knows you.
Verified August 2026: we could not find any other complete English audiobook of Ibn Ḥazm's ethics — this work has been printed in English, but never before produced as audio.
Is there an English audiobook of Ibn Ḥazm's al-Akhlāq wa'l-Siyar?
Yes. Joyful Muslims publishes the complete work as an English audiobook (about three hours), translated from the Arabic, with a word-synced bilingual transcript. As of August 2026 we could not find any other English audio edition.
Is it free to listen?
The whole library is open to everyone. Every member gets five hours of listening free each month; Joyful+ removes the time limit.
Last updated 2026-08-27
Inside the book.
Chapters
Word-synced with the narrator.
The first three minutes are transcribed here. In the app, the Living Manuscript scrolls through the entire book in rhythm with the audio — Arabic alongside English.
Living Manuscript
Listen to the full book in the app for the complete Living Manuscript.
The full, word-synced transcript in Arabic and English is in the app.
