A lot of us heard about the middle ages in history… Some of us call it “the dark ages”
1000 years wasted without anything achieved…
1000 years considered a black hole in the history of humanity…
1000 years full of diseases, death and destruction…
1000 years of barbarians burning, ripping down the civilizations and removing every single sign of it…
1000 years with nothing of any worthy invention either…
Most of us think that this era has left no impact on this world but destruction and war…
Most of us think that Greeks and ROMs invented everything…
But are you sure of that?
Please, allow me to take you to this journey through time… a journey to the heart of history…
From darkness to light…
From Ocean to land…
Welcome to the dark ages! Where it’s supposed to be called the “GOLDEN” ages…
You’ll ask me how!
My friend, the world is like a cube with 6 faces… If I was standing on the upper face and trying to describe it to you while you were standing on the lower face, you’ll probably say that my words are Nonsense!
It’s all the matter of PERSPECTIVE…
Yes, they were dark ages but in a civilization that stretched from Spain to China, the Golden rays of discovery and invention shone on everything… shone to teach and inspire the world to achieve greatness… shone to put the 1st stone of every single invention we see in our modern world…It’s the “Muslims” Civilization…
In this era, some of the most important discoveries to mankind were made, having more connections to our modern world more than you can possibly ever imagine..
Ibn Al Haytham
When we open our TVs, work with our computers or mobiles, when we go to cinema or use our cameras, we should be grateful to a great scientist. And that’s “Ibn Al-Haytham”.
He’s a great scientist whose idea led to the invention of the Camera… He laid the foundation for modern Cameras by explaining how our eyes work…
Abbas Ibn Firnas
With passion and belief, a man can do anything… and that’s exactly “Abbas Ibn Firnas”
With his passion and belief that a man can fly, he dared to dream 1000 years before the Wright brothers. But he forgot one thing in his experience, “The tail” useful for landing.
Abul Qasim Al Zahrawi
The Father of Surgery…
Many of his surergical inventions are still used till this moment in modern hospitals… As an example for that, the “Catgut” made from cat guts, used in stitching, perfect for internal wounds.
Mariam Al Astrulabi
One of the greatest scientists ever… Without her, we’ll be probably still losing our ways.
She made sophisticated “Astrolables”… They show the sky and stars on small flat plate you can hold… Ancient calculating or time keeping devices…
They are the foundation of watches, compass, satellite navigations and GPS… helping people to explore and travel around the world
Al Jazri
The Master of Engineers…
He made 2 of the most essential inventions for us nowadays…
1st: he discovered the base of engines and pumps which is a device for converting the rotational motion into linear motion using a crank and connecting rod. No industrial revolutions would have taken place without him.
2nd: his amazing time-telling machine, the “Elephant Clock”
But my friend that’s not all! There are a lot of inventions and scientists covering all areas of life like Jaber Ib Hayyan, Al Khawarizmi, Abu Bakr Al Razi, Al Idrisi and Al Farabi…
During the - so called – “dark ages”, Muslims not only transmitted ancient knowledge to the west, they refined it and significally went on making their own inventions that changed the world we live in today.
They made huge contributions in building this civilized world we see now…
The secret of their success is simple; they always worked in the pursuit of knowledge, working with this verse of Qur’an "وقل ربي زدني علما" and Our Prophet Muhammed PBUH saying "اطلبوا العلم و لو في الصين" & "من سلك طريقا يلتمس فيه علما، سهل الله له طريقا إلى الجنة"So as you see, my friend… It wasn’t SO DARK after all!
And it’s our time now! How would you like our ages to be called?!
Think well, and the most important “ACT ACCORDINGLY”…
It’s your Choice! “Dark Ages” or “Golden Ages”?!
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