Islam Creator of the Modern Age
3. Muslim Contribution to Science
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When Islam came to the world, it banished such
superstitious beliefs about disease, announcing in
no uncertain terms that none except God had the
power to harm or benefit mankind. The Creator
was the one and only being who had such power.
All the rest were His creatures and His slaves.
When, after the Islamic revolution, such ideas
gained ground, people began to think freely and
independently of all superstitions. Only then did
it become possible to conduct medical research
into disease in order to discover appropriate
remedies.
Only after this intellectual revolution had come to
the world did it become possible to make
smallpox the subject of enquiry. Only then did it
become possible for such people as Abu Bakr Razi
and Edward Jenner to rise and save the world
from this dreaded disease by discovering a
remedy for it.
The real barrier to finding a cure was the generally
accepted body of superstitious beliefs based on idol
worship; these beliefs were swept away for the first
time in history by Islam.
