Muslim Rule took Education to the Masses

MUSLIM RULE TOOK EDUCATION TO THE MASSES Before Islam, the sphere of education was very limited. The most far-reaching initiative of Muslim rule was that it took education to the mass level for the first time. T he Prophet and his Companions migrated from Makkah to Madinah in 622 AD. After Islam was introduced to the Madinan people, such conditions prevailed as were conducive to establishing a city-state in Madinah. By 632 AD, at the time of the Prophet’s death, the whole of Arabia had already come under the rule of the political centre of Madinah. Subsequently, the Muslims’ political power expanded rapidly until it extended over the greater part of Asia, Africa, and Europe. This Muslim rule continued intermittently for over a thousand years, sometimes gaining, and sometimes losing in ascendancy. The spread of this Muslim political power amounted to its vastness to an empire. In principle, it was based on the ideology of Islam. During this long period of Muslim rule, humanity reaped many benefits. For