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salam, satriyo > > HOW ISLAM HAS KEPT US OUT OF THE DARK AGES > > Deborah Rowe > > We in the West know what the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Babylonians have done for us in terms of scientific discovery. Most of us have at least heard of Socrates, Ptolemy, Galen and Pythagoras and of their contributions to philosophy, astronomy, physics and mathematics. > > But how many of us have heard of Al-Kindi, Ibn Sina, Al-Razi, Ibn Al-Shatir, Ibn Al-Haytham or Al-Tusi? They are all Muslim scientists who made equally great contributions to science, between the 7th and 15th centuries during the era known as the Dark Ages. > > ---Coba mas perhatikan info diatas " between the 7th and 15 th centuries " > > But it's time for the West to recognize its debt to those Islamic scientists of the past, who forged ahead while Europe stagnated. > > Possibly one of the best-kept secrets in the history of science is what was going on in the so-called Dark Ages. The time around the fall of the Roman Empire, when nothing new was happening and all was darkness, plague and misery. Nobody seemed particularly interested in learning about the world around them. Perhaps, they were all too busy surviving pestilence and invasions to indulge in the luxury of philosophical thinking. > > Nah sekarang kita baca bersama cantiknya Islam <----- > > Islam was born around the 7th century, when the prophet Mohammad went to Mecca and the Qur'an first appeared in writing. According to its teachings, the pursuit of knowledge was the duty of every Muslim. As the work of God was everywhere and in everything, to understand the nature of the physical world was to know God. It was therefore the duty of every Muslim to pursue knowledge of the world around them. > > Through trade and conquest, the influence of Islam spread across southern Europe, the Near East and Africa. There was a thriving commercial and intellectual interest in the lands that they conquered. Far from wiping out the old or 'foreign' knowledge, Islamic conquerors saw to it that the ancient legacies were treasured and put to good use. Such knowledge, where they found it, was not only preserved but translated and developed. > > Early Islamic teaching encouraged new knowledge for largely practical reasons. Anything that improved life in Islamic society was welcomed better means of determining the direction of Mecca from all points in the empire; improved navigational aids for travellers and traders; better health care and medical knowledge; more accurate ways of measuring, counting and converting currencies when trading with others. Effectively, astronomy, geography, medicine and mathematics were all useful, practical tools and also helped Muslims to understand the work of God. > > --- > > Some great Islamic scientists > > Ibn Sina, philosopher and physician > Produced a standard medical text in the 10th century that was still in use in the 17th century > > Al-Tusi, astronomer > His mathematical models were essential to the work of Copernicus in proving that Earth travelled around the Sun. > > Abu Jafar Muhammad, mathematician > Gave us algebra and algorithms that were central to the development of modern computing. > > Ibn al-Haytham > His work on vision and light helped Newton formulate his theories on optics. > > --- > > Islamic science in a nutshell > > When Western Europe was at its lowest intellectual peak, from the 5th to the 15th centuries, Islamic civilisation was rising rapidly. A thirst for knowledge, including science, was encouraged by the religious leaders of early Islam. > > The works of the ancients, including Aristotle, Socrates, Ptolemy, Galen, Pythagoras and Euclid were collected, safeguarded and translated into Arabic. > > The chemical properties of alkalis and acids were discovered by Islamic scientists. > > Islamic scientists contributed to algebra, algorithms, trigonometry, geometry, chemistry, cosmology, astronomy, medicine and optics. > > Islamic scholars developed the concepts of modern hospitals, universities, observatories and civil systems. > > --- >
