Nature and Science of Sleep (Jul 2012)

Qur’anic insights into sleep

  • BaHammam AS,
  • Gozal D

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012, no. default
pp. 81 – 87

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Ahmed S BaHammam,1 David Gozal21The University Sleep Disorders Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pediatrics, Comer Children’s Hospital, Biological Sciences Division, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAAbstract: Sleep has preoccupied and fascinated many civilizations since the dawn of mankind. Here, we critically review the various elements pertaining to sleep in the context of early Islamic religion and culture. The many principles of sleep hygiene, wellbeing and health associated with adequate sleep, and the understanding of sleep as a dynamic state are all apparent from such explorative process of Islamic tradition.Keywords: sleep, Islam, Qur’an, fasting, Hadith, Ramadan