The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Studying the Prophet’s Life in the Light of his Message
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human history entered a new phase of progress and
development. The time has come today for Islam to
play its constructive role once again and lead
human history into a new phase of progress.
What is known as scientific or technical progress is
the result of the discovery of nature. This nature has
always existed in our world, so why has its
discovery been so delayed? Why could the scientific
progress made over the last few centuries not have
been made thousands of years ago?
The reason was that in ancient times religion and
science (divine learning and human learning) were,
inextricably linked with one another. In this way,
religious dogma was a permanent obstacle to
scientific development. What Islam did was to
separate religion, which in those days was nothing
but a set of superstitious beliefs, from the process of
scientific investigation. For instance, lunar eclipses
and solar eclipses were believed to affect human
destiny. The Prophet of Islam declared that eclipses
had no bearing on the fate of human beings, for all
such events were astronomical in nature and
unrelated to the human lot. (
Fathul Bari
2/611)
