Islam Creator of the Modern Age
Preface
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universe since time immemorial, yet it took man
centuries to discover them. Given the possibilities of
nature, why did so many thousands of years have
to elapse in the course of man’s development before
he felt ready to launch himself into space?
The answer to this is the prevalence of polytheism,
a creed which looked upon things and creatures as
deities, and encouraged their worship. In ancient
times polytheism dominated the entire world. Man
considered the moon a deity, just as he held all
kinds of other inanimate objects to be gods. The
moon, with its brilliant silvery light, inspired man
to bow before it rather than try to conquer it.
Holding the moon to be sacred was a major obstacle
to even thinking of conquering it.
Then, for the first time, in the 7th century, the
supremacy of polytheism was brought to an end by
the Islamic revolution, which replaced it with
monotheism, making it the dominant creed of the
times. This revolution was initially brought about in
Arabia. Later, it continued its onward journey
through Asia and Africa to Europe. In more recent
