We live in a world where science and technology advance every minute of every day. Pervez Hoodbhoy states: “Science is like a building always in use but in constant repair, continually growing in size and adding to itself new extensions and sections” (Hoodbhoy 11). Our world was radically transformed by the scientific advances achieved in Europe during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. These scientific revolutions began with the Arab culture in Islam during the Islamic Golden Age. During this period, Islamic science transformed scientific knowledge as Muslims acquired works written in Greek and began their study and translation into Arabic to later create the foundations of a new and more informed world. . Through the Islamic perspective, science is the study of the nature and concept of the “oneness” of God. Muslim scientists turn to the Quran, which is an Islamic religious text, for inspiration. Muslims and their “so-called Islamic sciences were those devoted to the study of the Koran, the traditions of the Prophet, legal knowledge, theology, poetry, and the Arabic language” (52 Huff). The Quran can be seen as the primary source that guided the path towards the development of their knowledge. Muẓaffar Iqbal observes that this belief, “revolving around the Qur'anic concept of life, death, resurrection, prophet, and the moral response of two sentient beings to his message, provided the first conceptual framework for the Islamic tradition of learning” (Iqbal 1). The Quran was reflected as a God who guides and sustains civilization. In the expression of arts, Hadith or religious tradition, Muslims were keen on renewing the word of Allah through calligraphy and further expressions. paper ......but new information that has pursued in different theories and scientific advances. Muslims created a structural framework, following their devotion to the Quran, which other civilizations transformed into new ideas. With the texts of classical authors such as Ptolemy, Aristotle and Copernicus, modern science began to find its form. Science advances every day and we can recognize Muslims for their achievements. As we look at our iPhones and wonder how science and technology have transformed the world, we can remember that it all began in the Arab world, expanding to the Byzantine Empire and all the way to Europe. Since some people see the Middle Ages as a dark time, we can confirm that it was definitely not dark in Islamic civilization, it was their light and their chance to shine it for the rest of the world to discover..
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