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Muslims: pioneers of pharmacology

Muslims: pioneers of pharmacology

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.

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Contribution of Islam to the world's civilization

Contribution of Islam to the world's civilization

Let us remember our great and glorious heritage by briefly surveying what Islam has already contributed to the world's civilization, education, culture and to scientific ...

Muslims laid the foundation of physical science

Muslims laid the foundation of physical science

It is an undeniable historical fact that before the advent of Islam, the pursuit of Science was condemned as heresy. One does not have to go far to seek the reason for th...

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The Holy Quran on Clouds

The Holy Quran on Clouds

Scientists have studied cloud types and have realized that rain clouds are formed and shaped according to definite systems and certain steps connected with certain types ...

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Scientists’ Comments on the Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran

Scientists’ Comments on the Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran

The following are some comments of scientists[1]  on the scientific miracles in the Holy Quran. 

1) Dr. T. V. N. Persaud is Professor of Anatomy, Professor of Pe...

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Islam and scientific progress

Islam and scientific progressIslam 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 ...
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Islam and Science

Islam and Science

Western thought today is in the midst of a raging battle between religion and science. It is almost impossible for a western thinker today to accept the fact that there m...

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Timing in The Holy Quran

Timing in The Holy Quran

Since ancient times, some nations, such as Egyptians, Romans, Persians and Europeans, adopted the solar year for timing, although they differed in fixing the date for the...

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An issue evolutionists can never explain

An issue evolutionists can never explain Atoms that come alive     

Atoms are the building blocks of both animate organisms as well as inanimate objects. Since atoms are inanimate particles, it...

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The Islamic Origins of Modern Science

The Islamic Origins of Modern Science

Fourteen centuries ago, God sent down the Quran as a guide to all humanity. At the time the  Arab society was in a state of complete degeneration, chaos and ignoranc...

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The Scientific Facts

The Scientific FactsOne 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...
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