Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Muslims abandoned science after early period

“In your book 'Islam: The Creator of the Modern Age', you showed with historical references that science was started by early Muslims. Then why did later Muslims abandon science? Please explain.”Asked by Shariq Husain, Delhi

He answers at 1:16:36 in God Particle · 51 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:36
Toosam paida kijiye apne andar. Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Maulana Sharq Hussain Sahab ka. Unhone likha hai: "Aap ne apni kitaab Islam Islam Daur Jadeed ka Khaliq mein tareekhi reference ke saath dikhaya hai ke science ka aaghaz Daur Awwal ke Musalmanon ne kiya, Phir baad ko Musalmanon ne science ko chhod kyu diya?" Is ke baray mein bataein. Main ne yeh nahi kaha ke Daur Awwal ko Musalmanon ne kiya, yeh main ne nahi likha. Yeh yeh jumla mera nahi hai.
1:17:10
Daur Awwal ko Musalmanon ne science ka aaghaz kiya, yeh mera jumla nahi hai. Main kaha tha: "Phir se aap padhiye is ko aur sahi alfaaz mein sawal kijiye." Yeh sahi alfaaz nahi hain, yeh sahi alfaaz nahi hain ke Daur Awwal ke Musalmanon ne science ka aaghaz kiya, yeh main ne nahi likha. Phir se padhiye aur agle hafte phir sahi sawal kijiye. Mere alfaaz jo hain, us ko le kar ke. Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Miss Saadia Khan ka.
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