Page 109 - A Historical Lie: The Stone Age

HARUN YAHYA

Ibn Haytham is the founder of optics. Bacon and Kepler made
use of his works, and Galileo used his works in his discovery of the
telescope.
Al-Kindi put forward relativity and the theory of relativity
1,100 years before Einstein.
Akshamsaddin, who lived some 400 years before Pascal, was
the first to discover the existence of microbes.
Ali ibn Abbas performed the first cancer operation.
Ibn Jazzar described the causes and treatment of leprosy.
Muslim scientists, only a minute fraction of whom are listed
above, made major discoveries that would form the basis of modern
science by following the Qur'an and the way of our Prophet (may
God bless him and grant him peace).
As we have seen, many earlier peoples made progress in art,
medicine, technology, and science through the messengers sent to
them. By obeying the prophets and learning from these individuals'
suggestions and encouragement, they acquired knowledge and
handed this on to subsequent generations. In addition, societies that
sometimes turned away from the true religion and developed super-
stitious beliefs returned to faith in the One God through these mes-

sengers' efforts.
When findings regarding past ages are looked at without preju-
dice, humanity's history can be understood very clearly and dis-
tinctly.
As already stated, backward and advanced civilizations have
existed together at all periods in history, just as they do today. In our
day, we enjoy space technology, while people in other parts of the
globe are living under primitive conditions, so in the past Ancient
Egypt had a glorious civilization on the one hand, while rather more

107