Top 5 Muslim Inventions that Changed the World! ZERROUG Mounir Master 1 Info RSD 2019-2020 • Here is a list of everyday inventions we use and had NO idea that they were actually invented or contributed to by Muslims. The books we are taught have never told us the truth about how the things we use everyday came to be. I bet many of you didn't know that more than half of them were invented by Muslims. The top 5 Muslim inventions are stated as follows: HYGIENE • Shampoo This was introduced to England by a Muslim in 1759. This can also be attributed to Sheikh Deen Mohammad (of Indian origin), who was also responsible for introducing the concept in Europe. • Toothbrush The Prophet Mohammed popularized the use of the first toothbrush in around 600. Using a twig from the Meswak tree, he cleaned his teeth and freshened his breath. Substances similar to Meswak are used in modern toothpaste. OPTICS • Around the year 1000 Ibn alHaitham proved that humans see objects by light reflecting off of them and entering the eye. This great Muslim physicist also discovered the camera obscura phenomenon, which explains how the eye sees images upright due to the connection between the optic nerve and the brain. HOSPITALS • The first such medical center was the Ahmad ibn Tulun Hospital, founded in 872 in Cairo. Tulun hospital provided free care for anyone who needed it, a policy based on the Muslim tradition of caring for all who are sick. From Cairo, such hospitals spread around the Muslim world. EDUCATIONS • The first ever degree granting University, al- Qarawiyyin, was founded in 859, by a princess named Fatima al- Firhi in Fez, Morocco. It is still operating 1,200 years later. ALGEBRA • It was developed by the great scientist and mathematician “ Muhammad Al-khawarizmi” who lived from the year 780 to 850. In his book “Al-Jabr” he set forth basic principles algebraic equations. A unique aspect of his reasoning for developing algebra is the desire to make calculations mandated by Islamic law easier to complete in a world without calculators and computers. References • https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/musliminventions/ • https://www.parhlo.com/15-musliminventions-that-changed-the-world/ • https://aboutislam.net/family-life/culture/5muslim-inventions-changed-world/ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO1xE DriHRo Thank you For your Attention
