Monday, January 29, 2024

Islamic Golden Age (800-1258)


 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

All praise is due to ﷲ. We seek refuge with Allah from the evil within ourselves, and our actions. Whoever Allah (SWT) guides, no-one can misguide, and whomsoever Allah misguides, no one can guide. I testify that there is no god but Allah, and no one has the right to be worshipped except Him, and Muhammad ﷺ is his servant and messenger. He (S.A.W.S) was responsible for the mission, conveyed it, advised the beloved Ummah, brought peace and relieved affliction, and left the Ummah on a straight path.

Non-Muslims often imply that Islam requires serious reformation. I imply that it does not need to be reformed, but the governmental systems all around the world should be reformed based on the Sharia law constitution. The Islam propagated by the western media is propaganda that has been carefully and meticulously broadcast by evil minds pulling the strings thousands of kilometres away from Europe, Asia. Billions of people around the world have the wrong image of Islam. If you research regarding pure Islamic law and not "extremist" or “misogynistic” Islam, you will find immense wisdom behind the laws and regulations set by the originator of time and the universe, Allah SWT. Once these laws are adopted in the governmental constitution based on sources such as the Holy Book of God (Allah) (the Quran), the Sunnah (the traditions or known practices of the Prophet Muhammad), Ijma' (Consensus), and Qiyas (analogy), it will significantly boost lifestyle, peace, contentment, economic progress, and the standard of living of the daily lives of the residents of the country. It will reduce local crime rates per district as well, increase safety in streets, flourish the cash circulation, eliminate riba (interest), eliminate black money, and deal justly with the criminals and transgressors. The perfect nation in the face of planet Earth is the USA, for example. The American judiciary system charges a single father for 20 years so the serial killer can freely roam the streets.

ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE

Did you know that the high school algebra seen in worldwide schooling was invented during this era? Perhaps you should take a sip of coffee to digest that fact, but hey, the Western world's drink du jour, coffee, was first brewed in Yemen around the 9th century. If you still have some disregard regarding Muslims and their inventions, I challenge you to wake up for your university class or job and set an alarm clock, but you cannot since clocks were invented during this era. As you’ve lost the concept of time, you feel sick. Well, hospitals, as we know them today, with wards and teaching centres, come from 9th-century Egypt; the first such medical centre was the Ahmad ibn Tulun Hospital, founded in 872 in Cairo. Other inventions included surgery, optics, cranks, etc. During the period of the Islamic Golden Age from 8th to 13th centuries, the Islamic world was ruled by various caliphates, and science, economic development, and cultural works flourished. This included the fields of literature, mathematics, medicine, art, and philosophy.

  1. Algebra
  2. Algorithm
  3. Optics
  4. Astronomy
  5. Medicine
  6. Surgical Instruments
  7. Clocks
  8. Geography
  9. Chemistry
  10. Flying Machine
  11. Papermaking
  12. Windmills
  13. Hospitals

MILITARY EXPANSION

When the proper Islamic law commandments are followed, advancements in the military field are inevitable. During the period of Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), within the span of 24 years, a vast territory was conquered comprising Mesopotamia, the Levant, parts of Anatolia, and most of the Sasanian Empire. The Persian and Roman empires were fighting each other for 700 years until Khalid Ibn Al Walid RA came and eliminated the two empires within 4 years. Who says that such military accomplishments cannot occur in this modern era?

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