Muslim Scientists & their inventions
Part 1
Science in the Muslim World
The Islamic Golden Age (between 7th - 16th centuries) Muslim scholars made significant advances in …… Science Mathematics Medicine Astronomy Engineering And many other fields The Islamic Golden Age (between 7th - 16th CE)
Islamic science is the foundation of Modern Science
Arabic A lingua franca of that period
Early Muslim Conquests
Knowledge & skills of ancient Middle East, Greece, Persia & India was inherited
Islamic Foundations of Institutions
Public Hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals
The Public Library & Lending Library
Academic Degree- Granting University University of Al Karaouine Fez, Morocco
Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt founded -10th century
Astronomical Observatory as a Research Institute
THE TRUST (WAQF) Quba mosque in Medinah built upon the Prophet’s (pbuh) arrival in 622 CE
World's Most Sophisticated Hospitals Johns Hopkins Hospital Maryland, USA Mayo Clinic: USA
Bimaristan Medical University Hospital Baghdad 9th century
The Earliest Hospitals Damascus, 706 CE by Ummayad Caliph Al-Walid
Aleppo - Syria
Bimaristan An-Nuri Damascus
Where was Europe? (between 500 & 1000 CE)
The Dark Ages
Medical treatment for the insane
Al-Mansouri Hospitals Cairo- 1285
Al Hassan Ibn Al Haytham Father of Modern Optics
Camera From the Arab word Qamara For a dark or private room
"….for more than a 1000 yrs. there was not a scientific man of note except in Arabia” Oliver Joseph Lodge
The World is Flat!
Master Astronomer
Muslim Polymaths Or "Universal Geniuses" Hakeems
Ibn Al- Haytham / Alhacen Jabir ibn- e-Hayyan / Geber Al-Kindi / Alkindus Ibn Sina / Avicenna Abu Al- Qasim / Abulcasis Ibn Al Razi / Rhazes
The first to publish a detailed description of smallpox and measles. Physician
Philosophy
Avenzoar Pioneer of Experimental surgery
Ibn Al-Nafis Discoverer of Blood Circulation
Inventor of The injection syringe Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili
Mathematic s Pioneer Of Algebra & Algorithms
Jamshid Kashani The Decimal Point
Pioneer of chemistry & perfumery Geber (Jabir ibn Hayyan)
Al Kindi / Alkindus Father of perfume industry
Snell's law or Sahl’s ? Ibn Sahl
IBN SINA / AVICENNA
Their qualities Firm belief Turned to Allah (swt) for help Adhered to the sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) Gave credit of their success to Allah (swt) Positive attitude Humble and Hard working Never too busy to worship
“ Alif Lam Ra. This is a Book We have sent down to you so that you can bring mankind from the darkness to the light, by the permission of their Lord, to the Path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.” (Surah Ibrahim14: Verse1)