SOME MUSLIM SCHOLARS (II)

It is written in the book entitled Munjid that Sitti Sukayna, a daughter of Hadrat Huseyn, our Prophet’s grandson, underwent an ophthalmic operation, wherein the iris of her eye was removed and then replanted by Muslim opticians. The famous Ibni Hazm ’Alî bin Ahmad proved in his book al-Fasl that the earth was round through âyats and hadîths nine centuries ago. The earth’s diameter and the sun’s altitudinal degrees were measured in the deserts of Sinjâr and Kufa by Mûsâ bin Shâkir’s sons, Ahmad and Muhammad, during the reign of Khalîfa Ma’mûn. The tools for astronomy made by these two brothers are clear documents for the importance which the Muslims of that time laid on knowledge and science. Ahmad died in 265, and Muhammad died in 259 [873 A.D.]. Their books on algebra and astronomy were translated into English by Lorenz, and in 1247 [1831 A.D.] they were edited in London together with the Arabic versions. In high schools in Europe none of the names of these people, who are only a few among the many other scientists, is taught to the students. Nor in the books of science translated from them is anything written for Muslim children about their ancestors’ discoveries. The names of Islamic savants who had great discoveries are not given at all. Christians who did something rather insignificant are praised as scientists. This enmity towards Islam has spread over Islamic countries.