
Muslim pharmacy (Saydalah) as a profession and a separate entity from medicine was recognized by the beginning of the ninth century. This century not only saw the founding and increase in the number of privately owned pharmacy shops in Baghdad and its vicinity, but in other Muslim cities as well. Many of the pharmacists who managed them were skilled in the apothecary's art and quite knowledgeable in the compounding, storing, and preserving of drugs.




Islam encourages and urges its followers to learn, read, write and do research. Here are some proofs of the attitude of the religion of Islam towards education, learning ...


Atoms that come alive

One of the more popular aspects of the i'jaaz (the miraculous nature) of the Quran in these times concerns its comments on aspects of science that the Prophet (peace be u...