Does Islam refute evolution?
Does Islam refute evolution? Dr. Abdul Haque This simple answer is …. absolutely not. The misconception that evolution is against teachings of Islam is based on another misconception that evolution means that humans are descendants of monkeys and this notion is attributed towards Charles Darwin who, in fact, never said so. Let us discuss […]
Eminent Turk Scientists
Eminent Turk Scientists Akşemseddin Muhammad Shams al-Din bin Hamzah (1389, Damascus – 16 February 1459, Göynük, Bolu) named Akşemseddin in Turkish:) was an influential Ottoman scientist, scholar, poet, and mystic saint. He was the first person to give the concept of microbes. Scientific achievement: Akshamsaddin mentioned the microbe in his work Maddat ul-Hayat (The Material […]
Eminent Persian Scientists
Eminent Persian Scientists Ibn e Sina Abu Ali al Huseyn Ibn Sina (980-1037 AD) commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, philosophers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age and the father of early modern medicine. Of the 450 works he […]
Eminent Arab Scientists (Part 2)
Eminent Arab Scientists (Part 2) Al-Zaharwi Abu al Qasim Khalaf (936–1013), popularly known as al-Zahrawi, Latinised as Albucasis, was an Arab Andalusian physician, surgeon and chemist. Al-Zahrawi was born in the city of Azahara, 8 kilometers northwest of Cordoba, Andalusia. Considered to be the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages, he has been referred to […]
Eminent Arab Scientists (Part 1)
Eminent Arab Scientists (Part 1) Ibn Khaldun Abu Zayd Abdur Raḥman ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldun al-Ḥaḍrami was born on 27th May 1332 (732 AH) in Tunis and died on 17 March 1406 (808 AH). The the family’s ancestor was a Hadhrami who shared kinship with Waíl ibn Hujr, a companion of the Hazrat Muhammad […]
Scientists of the Golden Age of Islam (Part 1 – Overview)
Scientists of the Golden Age of Islam (Part 1 – Overview) Dr. Abdul Haque History is like a flowing river. There are ups and downs for every civilization. Currently, the Western civilization is dominating especially in the field of science and technology. The Islamic Golden Age of Science […]
Holy Quran and Science Part 2
Holy Quran and Science Part 2 Excerpts from “The Bible, The Qur’an and Science” By Dr. Maurice Bucaille Dr. Maurice Bucaille (19 July 1920 – 17 February 1998) was a very famous French doctor and a specialist in the field of gastroenterology. He was family physician of King […]
Holy Quran and Science (Part 1)
The non-muslim world especially Christians and Jews accuse that Hazrat Muhammad (Peace be upon him) wrote Quran by himself by copy/ pasting or altering the texts of Bible and Taurat. Various Muslim scholars have addressed this subject and conclusively proved that Quran is word of Allah, not a human being by citing scientific evidence. […]
Why all high IQ persons are not successful in life
The question is: “Why all high IQ persons are not successful in life?” The simple answer is: “IQ measures just one type of intelligence. There are other types of intelligence related to success in life.” Now let us look at this question in a broader perspective. According to Psychologists, there are four basic measures to […]
Religion and a common person
Religion is of utmost importance for most of us. Before the turn of the century, the religious knowledge was exchanged within the family, and from teachers to students at a limited scale and from limited sources. But after the advent of social media, a flood of religious information has swept the society, especially our younger […]