Fifth: idea three — the conditions of the Arab scientific renaissance
Point 5 of 14 — Lesson 2: Abu al-Rayhan al-Biruni by Dr Abdel Halim MansourQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
05Fifth: idea three — the conditions of the Arab scientific renaissance
Favourable conditions came to the Arab nationand gave ita leading position in science.
Itdrank from Greek science and translated books from Greek, Persian, Indian and Syriac.
It is impossible for one nation to carry over the sciences of another without having reached the degree of advancement that qualifies it to absorb them.
No nation in history is known to have cared for science as the Arab nation did in the brilliant Islamic age — untilscience became part of its life and its being.
The three greats
Al-Biruni is countedone of three scholars with whom Islamic civilisation takes pride: Ibn Sina, Ibn al-Haytham and al-Biruni.
They appeared inthe period from the middle of the fourth century AH to the middle of the fifth, and each of them wasthe highest in rank and the most firmly grounded in his own field.
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