The Islamic Civilization

We are living in a generation that was mainly taught and discovered by the Islamic civilization. They have contributed many important aspects that have boosted the education system. Some of the aspects include Mathematics, Science, Geography and Medicine. The Islamic civilization was more advanced than any other civilization that surrounded them; therefore it is right to say that the ideology and philosophy of Islam are the main reason for the modern and scientific advances. The western world were greatly grateful for the Islamic culture in spite of all the political differences, and that’s the great advantage of a civilization, that it brings the whole world together without any discrimination to any people. Each and every contribution of

The Italian scholar St. Thomas Aquinas duplicated the Arabic writings of Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd, the Arab Muslim of Cordoba who is considered to be the greatest philosopher in all of Islam. St. Thomas' most essential teaching were duplicated practically word by word from the Arabic work of the earlier great Turkish Muslim philosopher by the name of Abu Nasr al-Farabi of the Abbasid's Baghdad. More importantly, Italy's greatest poet, Dante who loathed Prophet Mohammad and Islam, plagiarized his greatest work, the Divine Comedy, by copying from the works of the overwordly Arab genius Ibn al-Arabi of Arab Andalusia, and also from Risalat al-Ghufran written by the great Arab theorist and poet Abu al-Alaa al-Ma arri of Syria. Dante's Divine Comedy's basic concept of Heaven and Hell very closely resemble Ibn al-Arabi's account of Prophet Mohammad's asendance to Heaven from Makkah via Jerusalem. Amusingly, however, the unthankful plagiarist Dante consigned Prophet Mohammad to the lowest level of Hell in his Divine Comedy. Literally the Islamic Civilization’s influence was so clear on the Western theologists that many European scholars and philosophers openly admitted their great indebtedness to the

Geography

To start with, Allah has encouraged people through the Qur’an to have knowledge geography for the simple reason to know the direction of the “Qiblah”. Another important reason that motivated Muslims to know about geography was trading all over the world and spreading Islam to other nations. In 1166, Muhammad Al-Idrisi became the first geographer to develop accurate maps in color; he produced very accurate maps with all the continents and their mountains, famous cities and rivers.

It is well-known that Spain was ruled under the banner of Islam for over 700 years, and by the 15th century, Muslims were influential and contributed vastly in assisting navigate Christopher Columbus to the Caribbean South of Florida.

Moreover, Magellan was able to cross the Cape of Good Hope and Da Gamma, all with the help of Muslim navigators and their