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Seeking knowledge an imperative
With such a train of Muslim scholars, it is not difficult to understand why George Sarton said, "The main task of mankind was accomplished by Muslims. The greatest philosopher, Al-Farabi was a Muslim; the greatest mathematicians Abul Kamil and Ibrahim Ibn Sinan were Muslims; the greatest geographer and encyclopaedist Al-Masudi was a Muslim; the greatest historian, Al-Tabari was still a Muslim."
History before Islam was a jumble of conjectures, myths and rumours. It was left to the Muslim historians who introduced for the first time the method of matn and sanad tracing the authenticity and integrity of the transmitted reports back to eyewitness accounts.
According to the historian Buckla "this practice was not adopted in Europe before 1597 AD." Another method: that of historical research and criticism - originated with the celebrated historian Ibn Khaldun.
The author of Kashfuz Zunun gives a list of 1300 history books written in Arabic during the first few centuries of Islam. That is no small contribution!
Now look at today's Muslim world.
-When was the last time you heard of a Muslim winning the Nobel Prize in science or medicine?
-How about scientific publications? Unfortunately, you won't find too many Muslim names in scientific and engineering journals either.
-Why such a paucity? What excuses do we have?
History before Islam was a jumble of conjectures, myths and rumours. It was left to the Muslim historians who introduced for the first time the method of matn and sanad tracing the authenticity and integrity of the transmitted reports back to eyewitness accounts.
According to the historian Buckla "this practice was not adopted in Europe before 1597 AD." Another method: that of historical research and criticism - originated with the celebrated historian Ibn Khaldun.
The author of Kashfuz Zunun gives a list of 1300 history books written in Arabic during the first few centuries of Islam. That is no small contribution!
Now look at today's Muslim world.
-When was the last time you heard of a Muslim winning the Nobel Prize in science or medicine?
-How about scientific publications? Unfortunately, you won't find too many Muslim names in scientific and engineering journals either.
-Why such a paucity? What excuses do we have?