Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 35
ISLAMIC SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT they who carried the torches of knowledge all the way from. Muslim Andalusia to the South of France and beyond. The philosophies of Aristotle and Plato began to reach Europe through the Muslim philosophers of Spain. The healing genius of Avicenna, the greatest physician ever known to the world till his time, and the wisdom of Averroes who combined in himself secular and religious philosophies and sciences also began to dawn upon the European horizon. . Thanks largely to the exodus of the Jews, their great works were transported across and translated into various. European languages by scholars. In fact, it was they who laid the foundation of a new era of enlightenment in. Europe, known as the Renaissance. . T. The Plight of the Muslim World ☐ observe the same gloomy view fraught with. Turning our gaze to the post-Spanish era we tragedy hanging over the entire world of Islam. From then on, Muslim countries other than Spain lost their interest in the secular sciences and their quest for investigation and research which they themselves had once promoted and advanced to such high levels of excellence. . This unfortunate trend proved counterproductive not only in the field of science, but also in the field of religion itself. The Muslim Ummah (the Muslims as a people) further split and broke into schisms and factions. The noble doctrine of the unity of God became the victim of this destructive suicidal trend. Cracks began to appear in the image of God itself which began to be interpreted so differently as though they were talking of different gods rather than One. Their search for knowledge was not quenched however, only their preferences were changed. . They continued to debate the issues of right and wrong with the same vehemence as before while the subject 35