Great Muslims – Abul Qasim Al Zahrawi | Father of Surgery

Muslim Spain has produced some of the greatest intellectual giants and scientists of the medieval times, including Ibn-Rushd (Averroes), Ibn Khaldun, Ibn-Zuhr, Ibn-Baitar, Ibn-Khatib, Dinawari and Abul Qasim Al-Zahrawi, whose works, when translated into European languages, brought about the Western Renaissance as well as provided the firm ground on which the imposing edifice of European …

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Great Muslim Botanist – Ibn Al Baitar

Observation and experiment are the two sources for acquiring scientific knowledge. Aristotle, the father of Greek sciences, made imperishable contributions to physics, astronomy, biology, meteorology and other sciences.  It may be noted that The Greek method of obtaining scientific knowledge was mainly speculative hence science as such could make little headway in Greece. Muslims Gave …

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Great Muslim Physician & Scientist – Zakariya Al Razi (Rhazes)

Zakariya Al-Razi, better known as Rhazes in the West, is universally recognized as the most outstanding scientist of the mediaeval times, who influenced the course of thought in diverse branches of knowledge. Max Mayerhof says, “Rhazes was undoubtedly the greatest physician of the Islamic world and one of the greatest physicians of all times.” He …

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