Islam & Medical Discoveries
This physician composed " The Canon of Medicine" and " The Book of Healing" which gained him the reputation of being ' the father of modern medicine'.
Ibn Sina
The first public hospital built in the world for civilians was in the year 805 in the city of ........?
Baghdad.
Fun fact: Al Razi lived in Baghdad in the years afterwards and helped establish other hospitals in this region. When asked where to select a location to build a hospital, he would hang meat in locations around the city and select the spot where the meat rotted the least, assuming that patients would be less likely to suffer from illness and putrefaction of flesh there.
“In everybody there is a piece of flesh, if it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and if it is sick, the whole body is sick. Beware! It is the ..........!”
Heart
This sahabi was on his way to kill the prophet when he got the news that his sister had converted to Islam. In a rage, he went to her home only then to convert himself upon hearing the following ayah: "Verily, I am Allah: there is no God but Me; so serve Me (only), and establish regular prayer for My remembrance" (Quran 20:14).
Omar Bin Al Khatab
The Battle of Khaybar was fought between the Muslims and the Jews of Khaybar. The Muslims had ......... of men and women as opposed to the Jews 10,000. Eventually, after a long siege, the Jews surrendered.
1,000
Ibn Sina was the first to describe the necessity of quarantine for individuals afflicted with which infectious disease?
a. Smallpox
b. Measles
c. TB
d. Leprosy
Tuberculosis
Damascus
Narrated By Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "There is no disease that Allah has created, except that He also has created ..............."
created its treatment.
This sahabi was one of the most famous Muslim Commanders and is known as Sayf ul Allah.
Khalid Ibn Al Waleed
This battle was prompted when Prophet Muhammad and a group of his men attempted to intercept the caravan of Abu Jahl. Abu Jahl caught word of this and sent for soldiers from Mecca.
Battle of Badr
Wisdom from this War: Do your part and put your reliance on Allah. No task/challenge is too great when Allah is on your side.
Al Zahrawi, an Arab physician based in Al-Andalus, was a prominent figure in the field of Surgery. He invented over 200 surgical instruments and introduced the use of sutures made from the guts of what animal?
Cat gut
Who overthrew the Umayyad Dynasty?
The Abbassids, who were Arabs descended from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, one of the youngest uncles of Muhammad and of the same Banu Hashim clan.
“Allah will examine neither your physical appearance nor your possessions. He will only examine your hearts and your ..........” [Muslim, Al-Birr (Virtue); 33]
Actions/deeds
This important figure was killed in the battle of Uhud by Wahshi under the commands of Hind bint Utbah.
Hamzah Ibn AbdulMuttaleb
Initially, in this battle, the Muslims appeared to be defeating the Meccans. However, the archers defied the Prophet's orders of remaining in their positions, and this gave Khalid ibn Al-Waleed the perfect opportunity for a surprise attack.
Battle of Uhud
Wisdom of War: Somethings in life will be appealing and will tempt us to bend our values but know that not all that is appealing is good.
Al Nafis, an Arab physician was one the first to describe the pulmonary circulation and to identify that in order for blood to travel from one half of the heart to the other, it must travel through the lungs. Prior to his documentation, it was believed that oxygenated blood was made in the ....... (organ) and traveled between the two halves of the heart via holes in the septum.
Prior to Al Nafis, Galen document that the blood was created in the Liver.
The Ottoman Empire comprised of all the following modern-day countries except?
Greece, Eygpt, Macedonia, Hungary, Spain, Lebanon
Spain
Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, said, "If one has good .........., one may attain the same level of merit as those who spend their nights in prayer."
manners
Allah revealed an ayah in surat Al Ahzab that specifically addressed the prophet's reluctance to marry the divorced wife of this sahabi.
Zaid Ibn Haritha
The Battle of the Al Khandaq is famous in our history as one of brilliant strategy. Upon hearing that a Meccan army led by Abu Sufyan was headed towards Medina, the Muslim leaders of Medina met to come up with a strategy. Salman Al Farisi suggested digging a trench around the city. This feat was completed in ........... days.
Six Days
Al Razi was a well-known scholar, alchemist, pharmacist and physician in the city of Baghdad. He has a number of accomplishments, one of which was writing the "Disease of .........", one of the first texts to recognize the field of ............
"Disease of Children", one of the first texts to recognize the field of Pediatrics
Much of the architecture in Spain is influenced by early Islamic architecture. This famous style was well-loved among the Spanish because it was elegant, yet very economic
Mudekhar
“When a human being dies all their actions and blessings come to an end, except for these three things:.............. .”
continuous charity (sadaqa jariyah),
the knowledge from which they have benefited, and a blessed child who prays for them
This sahabi dedicated the first 16 years of his life to studying to become a Zoroastrian priest after which he became the guardian of a fire temple. Later, he met a Christian group and against the wishes of his father, he left his family to join them. His family imprisoned him afterward to prevent him but he escaped. Eventually, he made it to Mecca and identified the prophet by the birthmark on his shoulder.
Salman Al Farisi
In the ................., Prophet Muhammad divided the Muslim army into four columns: one to advance through each pass into the city of Mecca. Their tactic was to advance simultaneously from all sides targeting a single central objective. This would lead to the dispersion of enemy forces and would also prevent any of the Quraysh from escaping. In the end, this event was relatively peaceful, with only 12 Quraysh and 2 Muslims dying.
Conquest of Mecca