Islam’s Role in Bringing About the Modern Civilization

Islam’s Role in Bringing About the Modern Civilization of disciplines led to considerable advancements in human knowledge which provided an impetus to the scientific revolution of the modern age. I have written in detail on this subject in my book Islam: Creator of the Modern Age. One of the points discussed in the book pertains to the discovery of the laws governing nature which enabled human beings to develop science and technology that form the basis of modern civilization. These laws have existed throughout the universe since time immemorial, yet it took humans centuries to discover them. Given the possibilities of nature, why did so many thousands of years have to elapse? The answer to this historical question is that it was the advent of Islam that opened the doors of research and investigation into nature. The present-day civilization is a direct outcome of tapping into these secrets of nature. Before Islam, certain erroneous notions were associated with religion. One among them was the inclusion of religion in every area of knowledge. A consequence of this tendency was that if any novel discovery in a discipline appeared to clash with religious beliefs, it was immediately trampled upon. Freedom of expression and independent reasoning were severely curtailed. This is why, although several individuals in the past made significant discoveries