385)"1001 Inventions:Discover the Muslim Heritage in our World";Quotes of Noble Quran, Prophet Muhammad, Aga Khan IV, Aga Khan III and Nasir Khusraw.

"From the seventh century to the thirteenth century, the Muslim civilizations dominated world culture, accepting, adopting, using and preserving all preceding study of mathematics, philosophy, medicine and astronomy, among other areas of learning. The Islamic field of thought and knowledge included and added to much of the information on which all civilisations are founded. And yet this fact is seldom acknowledged today, be it in the West or in the Muslim world, and this amnesia has left a six hundred year gap in the history of human thought"(Aga Khan IV, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 1996)

"Islam is fundamentally in its very nature a natural religion. Throughout the Quran God's signs (Ayats) are referred to as the natural phenomenon, the law and order of the universe, the exactitudes and consequences of the relations between natural phenomenon in cause and effect. Over and over, the stars, sun, moon, earthquakes, fruits of the earth and trees are mentioned as the signs of divine power, divine law and divine order. Even in the Ayeh of Noor, divine is referred to as the natural phenomenon of light and even references are made to the fruit of the earth. During the great period of Islam, Muslims did not forget these principles of their religion. (Aga Khan III, April 4th 1952, Karachi, Pakistan)

"In fact this world is a book in which you see inscribed the writings of God the Almighty"(Nasir Khusraw, 11th century Ismaili cosmologist-philosopher-poet)

Chapter 21, Verse 30: Do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together before We clove them asunder, and of water fashioned every thing? Will they not then believe?(Noble Quran, 7th Century CE)

"One hour of contemplation on the works of the Creator is better than a thousand hours of prayer"(Prophet Muhammad, circa 632CE)



This is a book recommendation which showcases the intimate relation between Religion and Science in Islam and is therefore most appropriate to highlight on my blog:

Experience a thousand years of missing history! Learn about a lost age of Muslim innovation and invention! Discover the Muslim origins of many Western discoveries!

Brought to you by the makers of http://www.muslimheritage.com/, 1001 Inventions is a unique UK based educational project that reveals the rich heritage that the Muslim community share with other communities in the UK, Europe and across the World.

1001 Inventions is a non-religious and non-political project seeking to allow the positive aspects of progress in science and technology to act as a bridge in understanding the interdependence of communities throughout human history.

1001 Inventions consists of a UK and world wide travelling exhibition, a colourful easy to read book, a dedicated website and a themed collection of educational posters complementing a secondary school teachers' pack and a curriculum enrichment programme.Discover Muslim Heritage in our World in seven conveniently organised zones: home, school, market, hospital, town, world and universe.


Introduction:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=308

Discoveries relating to the Universe:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=289

Discoveries relating to the World:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=288

Discoveries relating to the Town:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=287

Discoveries relating to the Hospital:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=286

Discoveries relating to the Market:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=285

Discoveries relating to the School:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=284

Discoveries relating to the Home:
http://www.1001inventions.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewSection&intSectionID=240


From Saudi Aramco World Magazine:

Rediscovering Arabic Science:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200703/rediscovering.arabic.science.htm

The Astrolabe: A User's Guide:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200703/the.astrolabe.a.user.s.guide.htm

The Third Dimension:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200703/the.third.dimension.htm

Natural Remedies of Arabia:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200605/natural.remedies.of.arabia.htm

The Scholar's Supernova:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/the.scholar.s.supernova.htm

The Art and Science of Water:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200603/the.art.and.science.of.water.htm



Easy Nash

The Qur'an itself repeatedly recommends Muslims to become better educated in order better to understand God's creation: Aga Khan IV(2007)
The Quran tells us that signs of Allah's Sovereignty are found in the contemplation of His Creation: Aga Khan IV(2007)
This notion of the capacity of the human intellect to understand and to admire the creation of Allah will bring you happiness in your everyday lives: Aga Khan IV(2007)
Islam, eminently logical, placing the greatest emphasis on knowledge, purports to understand God's creation: Aga Khan IV(2006)
The first and only thing created by God was the Intellect(Aql)(Prophet Muhammad, circa 632CE)