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MuslimDoc:
Sure, the answer is a big "YES" and I agree with Admin
Thanks
MuslimDoc

Moha:
well,yup Muslims were the torchbearers when it comes to not only medicine but all science from geometry to oceanography to the water cycle.... and no book is a better equiped to answer all scientific questions that the Holy Quran...did u watch Dr.Zakir Naik having that famous argument with Dr. Campbell?? i think the title of that debate was QURAN AND THE BIBLE IN THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE....

Sumayya:

Salaama Caleikum

It is true that you can find a lot of answers from the Holy Quran for example issues that speak about science and so on. I tried to watch sometimes Dr.Zakir Naik lectures but i have to say i dont get what  he is saying. I mean his english accent is very difficult to understand  :-\. I usually listen sheikhs like Yasir Qadhi, Siraj Wahhaj Khalid Yasin and so on. If you want to find out more about them go to www.islamyoutube.com

XaajiMaxamed:
Asalaamu Alaikum

I think the field of Medicine would have seen a much greater advancement than now if the Muslim State was stable. Because, as you know, Islam teaches us to take into consideration the whole creation of Allaah not only ourselfves or one race for instance. While putting what is liked by Allah and what is pleasing to Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala).

Yours in the Service of Al-Islaam,
Maxamed

Mustafa:
Salam all,

I agree that there is a serious question out there that has not been sufficiently addressed. Sure, Muslims have claimed several accolades as proof of their contribution to scientific prowess. But what contribution have We as muslims  made to civilization and science in the 20th - and now the 21st - century?
There is no doubt that our contribution in proportion to the world's population is highly questionable. I believe that much of the blame can be attributed to muslims' poor attitude towards science and the understanding of science, technology and the policies as well as allocation of resources to education and research by those in power.

I believe that the known era of the remarkable contributions by muslims was that of pre-renaissance. During that era, muslims contributed works to every scientific field, from mathematics to astronomy. The impact of science and technology on Islamic civilization has been the recognition of the contributions of muslim scientists in the pre-renaissance era, accelerating the renaissance by at least 100 years in Europe.

Today we face many obstacles in our struggle to return to that eminence. One such obstacle might be the fact that the languages of the muslim lands have not been modernized, causing a separation between those dialects and the scientific language of our times. For example, recently a forum member has asked about the translation of hormone in Somali language. Today Hormone in Arabic is simply Hormoon. A deplorable case for the Arab muslim thinkers in the field of the Arabic language which I personally see as an immense failure.

This was not the case in early Islamic civilization, with the rendering of scientific concepts and results in Arabic being very precise and forming the basis in translated works. The scientists of that period understood sciences, even when reading in languages other than Arabic, enough to render it in Arabic precisely.

Another obstacle that stands in our way is getting started on this path. Because there is either a lack of interest or finances going towards scientific research and study on the part of muslim countries. Many scholars are strapped with inadequate instruments by which to perform their various fields of research. In the end, this has caused some of the greatest muslim thinkers to migrate to western countries such as Dr. Ahmed Zewail, who won the 1999 Nobel Prize.

At the time that science and technology thrived among the muslims, they were inspired by the Islamic spirit in the quest for knowledge, and often were supported with appropriate resources in the Muslim lands. These two things have to happen again. Our dicatatorial states who claim to be helpful for their people should intense activity in science and technology.

We need a reawakening among the muslim thinkers. This can be achieved by being inpsired by the Quranic inspirtion ( Iqra'!!!! and many other verses as well as many authentic sayings of the Prohet Muhammed PBUH.)

It will take us what it took our  early Muslims . A quest for knowledge, knowing the knowledge as it exists regardless of its source and having the drive to discover and make a contribution to civilization.

Wa salam

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