THAT IS MAN AS A BEING OF TWO-STAGE PERIOD WHO IS THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED IN THIS BOOK. THE WRITER, FROM AN ISLAMIC POINT OF VIEW, BELIEVES THAT THIS VERY BEING, IN THE COURSE OF PERFECTION, IS SUPPOSED TO PASS FROM ONE STAGE, THAT IS 'TABIYAH' (ANIMAL NATURE OR THE COCOON STAGE) AND BRING ABOUT THE INNATE COMMANDERSHIP OF THE OTHER STAGE,'FITRAH' (HUMAN NATURE OR THE BUTTERFLY STAGE) ISLAM IS OF THE VIEW THAT NONE OF THESE MAN'S INCLINATIONS IS IN THE RULING STATE, IT IS UPTO HIM BY WHICH ONE TO BE GOVERNED.