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- 1. BASIC ELEMENTS OFISLAMIC CIVILIZATION
- 2. CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION • MORALTRADITIONS •LEARNING AND CIVILIZATION • ECONOMICAL RESOURCES • SCIENCE AND ARTS • POLITICAL SYSTEM • CONCLUSION
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- 4. • “Civilization isa social system which helps man to increase his cultural output.” • Civilization according to Fernand (1995) is the Latin word civilis, which means civil. Other Latin words are civis, meaning citizen, and meaning city. Over the years it has been used to various meanings
- 5. • Oxford Dictionaryof Current English (1992) defines civilization as: The opposite of barbarism and chaos. Civilization is advanced stage of human society, where people live a reasonable degree of organization and comfort and think about things like art and education. • According to Cambridge dictionary of English (1998): Civilization is human society with its well-developed organizations, or the culture and way of life of a country at a particular period in time.
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- 7. • Development andprogress of a civilization requires many factors such as geographical and economic factors, and psychological factors • Destructive factors include moral and intellectual decadence, lawlessness and breakdown of social systems, the spread of oppression and poverty, the spread of pessimism and apathy and the lack of competent and sincere leaders.
- 8. • Islam formeda unique bridge between the civilizations of the East and theWest. • Islam made clear that people should enjoy earth’s bounties within moral and ethical boundaries, and also sought to delegitimize social distinctions between classes and races • The position of women improved in its communities.
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- 10. • Under firstcategory, civilization is not based on any religious or spiritual concept • Goal of civilization is social or communal superiority • Contains (Political Domination) (Capitalism/colonialism) (Imperialism)
- 11. Importance of learning in Islam InQuran, word knowledge is used for about 750 times. Quran clearly distinguish man from other creation by his to think. The Quran language is repeated through attentive recitation heard throughout a muslim’s
- 12. Islamic Civilization ISLAM, theleading civilization. Arabic was leading language. The nascent civilization borrowed ideas from Islamic civilization. Provided foundation for the next civilization, The Achieved unity among divergent people. Position of women improved in its community.
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- 14. • Central elementof Muslim trade : Agriculture • Expanded agriculture products i.e: Alfalfa • Made innovations like higher yielding crops, upgraded irrigation system. • Introduced three vegetables i.e spinach, eggplant, artichoke. • Extended rice consumption • Development of cotton industry
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- 16. Trigonometry, Sine, Tangent, Co-Tangent IbnMoosaa's work Hisaab-Al Wal Muqaabala (The Calculation Calculation of Integration and Equation) Algebra and Geometry Muhammad bin Moosa Al- Khawaarzmi Physics and Chemistry Kamaal ud deen Haaroon Ar-Rasheed Science of Mechanics Moosaa bin Shaakir
- 17. Science of Mechanics Moosaabin Shaakir Camera Obscura Ibn Haytham Theory of Relativity Qaadhi Abu Bakr and later Einstein Geography During the Caliphate of Ma’moon.
- 18. SCIENTIFIC FACTS IN HOLY QURAN “Have thosewho disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe? “ (chapter 21, verse 30)
- 19. “And, [O Muhammad],you are not [engaged] in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an and you [people] do not do any deed except that We are witness over you when you are involved in it. And not absent from your Lord is any [part] of an atom's weight within the earth or within the heaven or [anything] smaller than that or
- 20. “He creates youin the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses” (chapter 39, verse 6).
- 21. Yes, We areAble to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers. (chapter 75, verse 4)
- 22. PROPHET’S MOSQUE: ARCHITECTU RE Prototype of all Islamic buildingsof worship. Dome and minaret.
- 23. The Great Mosqueof Cordoba and Alhambra: CALLIGRAPHY
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- 25. • Origins ofIslam as a political movement are to be found in the life and times of Islam's prophet Muhammad and his successors. • Today, we witness rapid changes in society, politics and the economy as a result of technological innovations, urbanization and the increased growth in access to education, as well as to media, as an overall trend.
- 26. • Islam indeeddesacralizes politics, but not to the extent they mean, for Islam itself is based on DivineAuthority and on the sacred authority of the Holy Prophet (may God bless and give him Peace!), which is no less than the reflection of God's Authority, and on the authority of those who emulate his example.
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- 28. • When therewas no scientific activity in the world, Muslims picked up the threads of ancient science and technology, where and whenever, available in to a definite pattern of progress. • They salvaged the science of the classic world and developed it for centuries. • They enlarged the boundaries of all the technologies then known.But they were more than mere encyclopedists. • They made practical application of this knowledge to the needs of the times. It was no accident that Muslims attained such widespread prosperity and felicity.
- 29. In pursuit ofthese progressive goals the Muslim scientists attained an experimental objectivity that the Greeks had disdained. But still;The Oxford History ofTechnology says: “There are few major technological innovations between between 500 A.D. and 1500 that do not show some traces of the Islamic culture.”
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