Tamim Mobayad 30 November, 2024 Abu Zayd al-Balkhi was a 9th century Muslim polymath, whose writings touched on subjects as varied as geography, medicine, philosophy, theology, politics, poetry, ethics, sociology,…

David W. Tschanz 29 November, 2024 Get to know Al-Idrisi, a Muslim geographer and cartographer from the golden age of the Islamic civilization Early geography and cartography were more art than science….

David W. Tschanz 13 September, 2024 Az-Zahrawi was born in 938 in Cordoba, Andalusia He wrote At-Tasrif, a medical encyclopedia covering various aspects of medicine, including obstetrics, maternal and child…

Amira Ayad 19 July, 2024 For early Muslims, knowledge was a treasure they would eagerly seek. Medical science and pharmacy were no exceptions   Muslim physicians’ early practice emphasized the…

Abdullahi Jamaa 21 June, 2024 Scientific developments didn’t come on a silver platter. It had taken men and women throughout the ages to create the innovations we benefit from today,…

David W. Tschanz 26 January, 2024 One of the brightest names in Islamic medieval sciences is that of mathematician and scholar Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan bin al-Hasan bin al-Haytham, known as…

Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Jabir Ibn Sinan Al-Battani Al-Harrani, known in the West as Albategnius, is considered the greatest astronomer of his time and one of the greatest during the…

The 10th century saw the zenith of the Umayyad golden age in Andalusia. Under the leadership of ‘Abd ar-Rahman An-Nasir (r. 912-961) and his son Al-Hakam II, this dynasty established sovereignty over…

Seeking to provide a healthy and safe environment for pilgrims and visitors, new air fresheners have been installed in the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah to fill the air with fragrant…

Scientific developments didn’t come on a silver platter. It had taken men and women throughout the ages to create the innovations we benefit from today, with Muslim scientists being no…