Islam Creator of the Modern Age
1. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age
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“Science and philosophy in Arabic came into
existence through the stimtilus of translations from
Greek.”
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This statement that Greek science provided the
stimulus to Arabs, so far as scientific ideas are
concerned, is simply not true. It is not true to say
that the Arabs read Greek translations, which
resulted in their beginning to think scientifically.
The truth is that scientific thinking came to them
through the Qur’an and the concept of monotheism.
Later, they began studying translations of books
from Greek and other languages, from which point
they went on to the study of science and philosophy
by carrying out their own research.
Historians have said that there is, of course, no
denying the fact that the Arabs were the pupils of
the Greeks in science and philosophy, but it is also
true that once they had assimilated what was to be
learnt from the Greeks, they went on to make
important advances.
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Medicine was probably the first Greek science to
attract the Arabs because of its obvious practical
importance. Then they developed it to the extent of
