Abstract
The research article titled as, “the intellectual contribution of Islamic civilization to the
West—an impact analysis”, is a historical cum descriptive paper. Its aim is to eradicate
certain misconceptions about the grandeur of the cherished Islamic civilization that once
laminated the rest of humanity. Three objectives pertaining to: highlighting the then
socio-cultural state of the Western civilization, revealing some of the influencing
characteristics of Islamic civilization, and pinpointing the intellectual, and socio-cultural
contribution of the Islamic civilization to the West, were addressed. The methodology was
historical cum descriptive where authentic scholars were relied upon. An analysis of the
historical fact as recorded by some prominent scholars in the field was carried out.
Cross-current remarks of various scholars were also put close together so as to obtain a
relatively clearer picture of the facts. It was explored that actually the Muslim scholars
laid the very foundation of nearly all disciplines such as mathematics, physics, chemistry,
geography, astronomy, agriculture and medicine, together with education, sociology, art
and architecture, music and literature etc. It was found that Islamic civilization
contributed in nearly all streams of knowledge and its application, hence, exerted
enormous influence the rest of world civilizations especially the West
HABIB ELAHI SAHIBZADA, MUHAMMAD ASIF KHAN, IRFANULLAH. (2016) The Intellectual Contribution of Islamic Civilization to the West—an Impact Analysis, Pakistan Heritage, Volume 8, Issue 1 .
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