3. MUSLIM CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

~ 120 ~ thinking about things independently of unrealistic, mental barriers. This way of thinking went from strength to strength until, finally, it led to the present scientific revolution. The monotheistic practice of according the status of divinity to the one and only God, and denying sanctity to all else, divested all other creatures and things of any special status they may have had. It was actually the ‘divine’ status of things, which had been acting as a barrier to their becoming of research and investigation. Once all these things were shorn of their former so-called divinity, they naturally came down to the level of being proper subjects for research and investigation. It is this unique achievement of Islam, which entitles it to be regarded as the creator of the modern age. NUMERALS The present system of numerals was first invented in India. That was in an age, however, when all that was traditionally established had come to be regarded as holy, while all that was invented was suspect. As such, this method of writing numerals