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Hayy Ibn Yaqzan by Ibn Tufayl is an allegorical novel that follows Hayy, an infant who grows up in isolation on a remote island. Raised by a deer, he learns survival and, through observation and reason, achieves spiritual enlightenment, discovering the existence of a Creator. He meets Absāl, a contemplative man from a neighboring Muslim island, and realizes the compatibility of his findings with Islamic doctrine. Themes of death and isolation are present.