Islam Creator of the Modern Age
1. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age
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the arts, crafts and sciences. In the West, religion,
crafts and industries were not greatly affected.
There was more influence on the arts and sciences.
Through the Arabs, monotheism, and a civilization
born under its influence, spread everywhere. Its
impact was felt in major parts of the inhabited
world of the time. Thus an atmosphere and an
environment were produced in which scientific
research, leading to the conquest of nature’s
phenomena, could be freely and independently
undertaken.
FOUR STEPS TO MODERNITY
In Islam, man has found true, unadulterated
religion, in the sense that it has swept away all the
artificial barriers between God and man forever.
Islam’s sacred scriptures, the Qur’an and the
sunnah
(the practice of the Prophet to be followed) rise up
like mighty towers to shed their light of guidance
upon mankind for all eternity.
The Qur’an at various points stresses the fact that
the religion sent by God to mankind in the shape of
Islam is not only a source of guidance in the
