Reason for the Spread of Education

REASON FOR THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION The Quran stresses thinking and contemplation. During Muslim rule, nature was displaced from the pedestal of worship under the influence of Quranic ideology. Subsequently, nature became a subject of research and investigation, leading to the scientific revolution. T he actual reason for this unparalleled impetus given to education was, without doubt, the influence of the Quran, the first preserved divine book in human history to lay great emphasis on reflection upon natural phenomena as being of God’s creation. The Quran stressed thinking and contemplation, almost elevating these mental activities to worship. The last verses of chapter 3 of the Quran mention those who reflect on the universe and the creation of the heavens and the earth (3:191). In chapter 35, verse 28, those who reflect on the system of the rains, the vegetable world, the animals, the making of the mountains, etc. have been given the status of the learned (ulama). For the first time, we know from the Quran that “God has subjected whatever is in heaven