Muslim Heroes
Al Battani (Albategnius)
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan ar-Raqqi al-Harrani as-Sabi al-Batani. Latinized as Albategnius, Albategni or Albatenius was an Arab… Read More
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilization – Science, Medicine and Politics
While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and literature, there are also studies… Read More
Kushyar ibn Labban
Abul-Hasan Kūshyar ibn Labbān ibn Bashahri Gilani (971–1029), also known as Kūshyar Gilani was a mathematician, geographer, and astronomer from… Read More
Ibn Yunus
Ibn Yunus's full name is Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Sadafi. As the name indicates, his… Read More
Abu al-Wafa
Abu'l-Wafa was brought up during the period that a new dynasty was being established which would rule over Iran. The… Read More
Al-Masudi – Herodotus of the Arabs
The historian and geographer, Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Hussain Ibn Ali Al Masudi (895-957 CE) was a scion of an… Read More
Al Jazari – The Father of Robotics
Al Jazari (1136–1206) was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman, artist, mathematician and astronomer from Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia,… Read More
The Muslim Contribution to Optics
There is still a controversy as to whether color therapy works within the realm of vibration or within the world… Read More
Al-Zahrawi – The Pioneer of Modern Surgery
It has often been stated on this website that the Muslim period of Spain’s history (also known as al-Andalus) was… Read More
Al Ghazali – One of the great Jurist, Theologian and Mystic of the 12th Century
Abu Hamed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzali (1058–1111 C.E.) (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالی), known as Al-Ghazali or Algazel… Read More