Lesson 6 of 8, Beginners' Course on Islam 2. Have you hear of the Golden age of Islam and Muslims? Do you know the scholars who gave the spark to the renaissance in Europe? What have Islam and Muslims contributed to society at large? Videos used in slides can be found from these links: -Slide #7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAoLIHfzaag&feature=g-upl -Slide #8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w09IhM2BiD0 -Additional Video/documentaries relating to the subject: -Islam and Science, by BBC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvH6dI3CyY4

1. Beginners’ Course on
Islam II
Speaker: Muhammad Taufiq bin Abdul Majeed
taufiq07@hotmail.com
Lesson 6

2.  Reliving The Golden Age:
◦ Pursuit of knowledge in Islam;
◦ Get to know the Muslim Thinkers.
Lesson Outline

3. “Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the
night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that
which benefits people,
and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby
to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of]
moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled
between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use
reason.”
Quran, 2:164
Pursuit Of Knowledge

4. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"He who goes forth in search of knowledge is considered as
struggling in the Cause of Allah until he returns.“
Hadith narrated by Imam at-Tirmidhi
Pursuit Of Knowledge

5. Question:
 What type of knowledge are we talking about?
 If there any difference between the two?
 Why?
Pursuit Of Knowledge

6. Back to basics:
 What’s the purpose of man’s creation?
Firstly:
To Serve by knowing
who He is…
Allah
But
How?
Pursuit Of Knowledge

7. Pursuit Of Knowledge

8. Get to know the
Muslim Thinkers

9.  Who are these scholars?
 What are their contributions?
 How did they manage?
Get to know the
Muslim Thinkers

10. Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea
would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted,
even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."
Quran, 18:109
Get to know the
Muslim Thinkers

11. “…And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little.“
Quran, 17:85
Get to know the
Muslim Thinkers

12. • Thank you for your kind attendance and participation.
• Any questions?
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