Addition Date:1-4-2008
Muslims passed on what the Greek mentioned about light refraction, the burning mirror and more. They didn’t stick to passing on alone, but expanded and made stunning additions of their own. Muslims were able to make an honorable history in the field of Optics. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
The pioneer in chemistry was Jabir Ibn-Hayan, they even attribute the science to him and say ‘the science of Jabir’, and he wrote seventy books on chemistry'' [1] ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Chemistry is considered an Islamic science by all means, as the word chemistry had not even been invented in any language or civilization before the Islamic civilization; neither the ancient Egyptian civilization nor the Greek civilization. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Abu-Bakr Muhammad Ibn-Zakariya Al Razi was born in the year 250 A.H[1] (864 A.D) in the city of Rayy, six kilometers south east of Tehran. From an early age, he loved the study of science and ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
One of the most important fields in which Islam excels is the prevention of disease. This demonstrates Islam’s preoccupation with the well-being of humanity as a whole, as disease is an indiscriminate entity that targets all races and religions. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
We wish to draw the attention to another great dimension of medicine during the time of the Islamic civilization.  This is the humanistic dimension and the general respect given to the human being ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Medicine is considered one of the vastest fields in which Muslims have made remarkable contributions throughout different eras and civilizations. It is as though there had been no medicine before the era of the Islamic civilization. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Those earlier accomplishments of Muslims in the field of medicine did not occur haphazardly nor without a scientific method. On the contrary, Muslims employed a clear method that led them to this high level of excellence in research and to these outstanding results in science. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
The innovation of hospitals was one of the greatest achievements of the Muslims in the Middle Ages.  They were the first founders of the hospital we know today, preceding others by more than nine centuries. ...


Addition Date:27-3-2008
Muslim geography includes many branches. Amongst these are mapping, travellers' descriptions of lands and regions they pass, geodesy, maritime exploration etc.. ...


Addition Date:27-3-2008
Arabic pharmacology, a branch of scientific literature dealing with the preparation and application of compound drugs as formulated in the Arabic language, is an interdisciplinary subject and an intercultural discipline. ...


Addition Date:27-3-2008
The medical Islamic tradition is one of the richest and the most lasting components of the general history of medicine. Some of its main aspects are dealt with in a series of five articles by Dr. Sharif Kaf al-Ghazal, a physician and historian of Islamic medicine. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Throughout the Islamic civilization, Muslims have shown great appreciation to the different branches of engineering. Their achievements were incomparable to any other civilization at their time. ...


Addition Date:26-11-2008
Physics is mainly an experimental science based on observation and accurate measurements to deduce laws and theories which help us understand the natural phenomena and, by extension, harness them for the benefit of humans. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Cryptography paved the way for the development of arguably humanity's greatest achievements yet, Computers, the Internet and the digital world. This article presents Al-Kindi as the originator of the modern method of decipher. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Early mathematics was revolutionised by Muslim scholars like Al-Khwarizmi, the founder of Algebra; Al-Kindi, Al-Khazin, Al-Khujandi,Al-Sijzi, Abul Wafa and numerous others.This article reviews some of the important works of these mathematicians. ...


Addition Date:1-4-2008
Many Muslim scholars dealt with minerals and gems and wrote monographs on the subject. The golden age of their writings was the 4th-5th century after Hijra (AH) (10th-11th century AD). ...