Abstract
There had been tremendous contributions of
Great Muslim Scientists and Great Patrons of
Sciences and Research in laying the foundations
of modern sciences; without which perhaps the
world would still be in the dark ages! Their great
visionary, laborious and honest work paved the
ways for renaissance, industrialization and
superb reforms in educational and social
architecture. From Geography, to Social Sciences,
from Medicine to Engineering their contributions
were simply enormous and gigantic. Not only
they contributed new ideas and inventions but
they also got rid of wrong information, myths
and false beliefs. Unfortunately, however, there is
serious lack of awareness among people of the
world about all this big bang in the World of
Science. As Prince Charles pointed out that there
had been tremendous biases against Islam and
Muslims due to crusade wars between Muslims
and Christian that had led to deliberately
masking their great contribution from which
West and the World had tremendously
benefitted. Hostility, hatred and political and
economic factors did not end with concealing
their great contributions but they even changed
and “mutilated” the very names Great Scientists.
This intellectual dishonesty kept the world away
from acknowledging their most fundamental
contribution to the modern-day sciences.
Acknowledgement of their contributions will
help nullify false perceptions toward Islam and
Muslims and will be an appropriate tribute to
these Great Giants in all fields of Sciences and
Humanity!
Those Muslims scientists are indeed true role
models for the modern generation as their lives
show that how they worked day and night for
well-being of humanity, science and people;
history must remember them in golden words.
Learning and benefitting from their most
fundamental contributions and inventions
without which present marvelous architecture of
scientific world would not be possible is not
enough, the students may also learn from their
lives how in those medieval ages without
computers and electricity etc. these great people
were able to measure the diameter of the earth,
chalk out the orbits of the stars, carried out most
complicated surgeries, made the automatic
machines and all sorts of watches and clocks.
While living on this planet earth but they had
climbed over the stars. Their hard work and
superb vision is beyond description. This may lit
the candle of courage, hard work, honesty,
magnanimity, selflessness and care toward
humanity in our students.
One among those Great Giants is renowned
Physician Ibn al-Nafis.
Owais Anwar, Farrukh Ansar . (2017) Ibn al-Nafis, International Journal of Pathology, Vol-15, Issue 4.
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