According to historians of technology, Donald Routledge Hill and Ahmad Yousef al-Hassan, when Muslims spread to the African and European continents in the first 200 years of Hijrah they introduced “diffusion of new crops” into agricultural lands, displacing the system previously used by the Romans and the Byzantines whose technique involved sowing lands with a…
In the Holy Qur’an, God reminds us that it is He who sends down life-sustaining water as signs for the believers (Surah al-An‘am, verse 99).Kitab al-Musaqah (Book on Distributing Water) in Imam al-Bukhari’s authentic collection of Prophetic sayings Sahih Bukhari indicated a religiously prescribed collective responsibility (fard kifayah) to ensure the protection of water sources and the sharing of surpluses with neighbours and …
Baru-baru ini dalam siaran langsung temu bual tempatan, seorang ilmuwan Islam terkenal berbangsa Amerika, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, memuji kebaikan dan kestabilan kerajaan yang diketuai Raja berperlembagaan seperti Malaysia, sekitar perbualan mengenai pergolakan politik, anarki ganas, dan negara gagal yang hampir sering terhasil saat runtuhnya kesepakatan dalam struktur kerajaan demokrasi republik. Sejak pemansuhan sistem Khilafah 95…
In his recent local television interview, prominent American Muslim scholar, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, spoke favourably about the virtues and stability of constitutional monarchy-led governments such as Malaysia, against the backdrop of political turmoil, violent anarchy, and failed states which almost always resulted from the breakup of consensus in the government structure of democratic republics. Since…
Setiap teknologi memancarkan pandangan alam kebudayaan yang merupacitakannya. Seorang jurutera dan ahli matematik Yunani purba bernama Hero yang hidup sekitar 10–70 Masihi di Iskandariah, Mesir Rumawi, menggambarkan dalam karyanya Peri Automatopoietikes (Berkenaan Pembuatan Automaton) dua jenis jentera automatik. …
Chronicling about Prophet Adam’s historic and momentous descent from Heaven in the beginning part of his massively voluminous work Ta’rikh al-Rusul wa-‘l-Muluk (The History of Prophets and Kings), the celebrated Muslim world historian …
Tokoh falsafah Barat, Plato dalam karyanya Republic mendambakan raja falsuf (philosopher-king) iaitu seorang pemimpin yang menghayati sifat-sifat utama (cardinal virtues) hikmah, kawalan diri, berani, dan adil. Masyarakat yang melahirkan pemimpin …
The adaptation and repurposing of the astrolabe in the 9th century for the determination of Muslim prayer times (waqt) and directions (qiblah) is an example of ingenuity (hiyal) in solving the problems encountered in the …
Pada tahun 1596, seorang pegawai istana Inggeris Sir John Harrington menggambarkan sebagai tamsilan di dalam karyanya berjudul A New Discourse of a Stale Subject suatu tandas curah yang terpasang di kediamannya di Kelston, England. Gambaran …
When the 16th century English courtier Sir John Harrington wrote his political allegory and critique entitled A New Discourse of a Stale Subject in 1596, he described in it a forerunner to the flush toilet installed in his home at Kelston. Yet, had it not …
