Science and Philosophy

What was the status of science in the world at the dawn of Islam? How were the Persian, Indian, and Greek science and medicine transferred to the Muslim world? What were the contributions of Muslims scientists? What were the distinguishing features of Muslim medicine? How did Muslim science and medicine compare with their counterparts in the 9th through the 13th centuries CE? This book discusses these questions with facts and affirms that Europe owes its science to Islam.

The author was a research scholar at Hamdard University and dean of Urdu Science University in Karachi.

Islamic philosophy has often been treated as mainly of historical interest, belonging to the history of ideas rather than to philosophy.

This volume challenges this belief. The Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy is made up entirely of new essays by a distinguished list of writers. They provide detailed discussions of the most important thinkers and the key concepts in Islamic philosophy, from earliest times right up to the present day, as well as a series of discussions of the cultural and religious background. This book is out of print. A few copies left.

Examining the evolution debate in a question-and-answer format, this study posits a scientific argument against the theory of evolution, and includes rational explanations derived from the Islamic understanding of creation. Includes 25 color photos. Irfan Yilmaz is a professor of biology at Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey.

A collection of 41 articles on critical subjects. Most articles deal with fiqh but others deal with other important subjects as well for example criticism of Perennial philosophy of Martin Lings, Detailed account of a lesser known part of India history dealing with the movement of establishing a Shariah governorate for India (proposed and actively pursued by Abul Kalam Azad), history of qira'at, commentary on the hadith that the Qur'an was revealed on seven huroof, and what is meant by Ism A'zam. Many of the fiqhi articles deal with new medical issues (cloning, cosmetic surgery, test tube babies, organ transplants, artificial insemination) and finance (multi-level marketing, foreign exchange, feudalism, charging interest in darul harb, copyrights, Islamic banking etc.).

Authored by Ibn Umar al-Abhari (d. 660 AH). With a hashiya by Maulana Saadat Husain.

From the publisher: At the dawn of the Renaissance, Christian Europe was wearing Persian clothes, singing Arab songs, reading Spanish Muslim philosophy and eating off Mamluk Turkish brassware. This is the story of how Muslims taught Europe to live well and think clearly. It is the story of How Islam Created the Modern World.

In what sense is it rational?This study is one of the most comprehensive investigations on rationality and science in this field. It attempts to disclose the nature of rationality. It seeks to develop a coherent account of rationality, based on the notion of 'fundamenrtal rationality' as the common ground of all rationalities  and the 'situated rationalitues.'

This book brings into sharp relief important dilemmas faced by the Muslim world today, especially in reference to modern science and technology . . .

This book brings into sharp relief important dilemmas faced by the Muslim world today, especially in reference to modern science and technology . . .

"This book approaches the question of technology from an Islamic ethical perspective. The book tries to broaden the scope of the Sharia to deal comprehensively with the ethical questions and dilemmas that arise in the midst of a postmodern technological culture due to the absence of well-defined religious-ethical ends. It looks at the maqasid as a universal ethical theory to be interpreted and applied in the global technological context. It weaves the contemporary philosophical analysis of technology within the maqasid discourse and assesses modern technology through the lens of the ultimate aims and purposes of the Sharia. It works out the relationship between the various objectives and how they can be developed into an Islamic ethics of technology. Following in the recent interest in the objectives of the Sharia, the book further expands the scope of the maqasid and carries it further to encompass metaphysical and ethical debates surrounding technology. Anyone interested in finding alternatives to the existing technological model will find this book valuable. Specifically those interested in Islam and Modern World and how ijtihad is being undertaken to tackle contemporary ethical problems will find this book helpful."