Jim AlKhaliliArabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to interpret the Qur'an.
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Arab science, which was based on the translations of Al-Jahiz (d. 868 A.D.) and al-Kindi (d. 873 A.D.), can be considered as one of the most significant periods in the history of science, literature and philosophy in the world. This period witnessed the rise of Islamic philosophy, which came to be known as “the School of Baghdad”, during which it flourished for almost six centuries.
During that time, Muslim scholars translated, studied and commented on Western texts, including Greek philosophical works, especially those dealing with mathematics. They also developed new theories about the nature of light and motion, sound and hearing, motion and space, etc.
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