Page 71 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

European schools of science with the knowledge and methods
acquired from Muslims. The light of Islam also illuminated them.

The Splendor of Islamic Civilization
The Splendor of Islamic Civilization
One quality acquired from Islam's morality is the high sense of

art and esthetics. The Qur'anic depictions of Paradise are pictures
of the highest quality, finest taste, and stunning grandeur. Muslims
had this sense of art in their hearts, which is reflected in their work,
and thus the lands they ruled became the world's most modern and
select regions. When Islam spread outward in all directions, it
brought prosperity and development with it.
Muslims took civilization wherever they went. They designed

an effective water purification system for the drinking water re-
quirements of a Tunisian town. Water was stilled and purified in
two large basins and then brought into the town by an enclosed
pipe system. Only centuries later did Europeans began to concern
themselves with such things. Muslim engineers in Syria designed a
fantastic system of watermills to deliver water to the cities.
The capital of the Islamic world, Baghdad, was the world's
most splendid and modern city. Urban planning and architecture
were stunning. A traveler visiting Baghdad wrote the following:

All the exquisite neighborhoods covered with parks, gardens, vil-
las and beautiful promenades are filled with bazaars and finally
built mosques and baths. They stretch for miles on both sides of
the glittering river. 3
Andalusia (Muslim Spain), another spectacular center of the
Islamic world, gradually became Europe's most modern and ad-
vanced country. Its capital city of Cordoba was full of amazing

beauty with its clean, well-lit streets, libraries, hospitals, and
palaces.

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