Third topic: Ibn Khaldun’s methodology: Ibn Khaldun’s methodology is a remarkable phenomenon among the scientific methodologies of the great thinkers known to humankind, from Aristotle to Descartes. Studying Ibn Khaldun’s methodology is not without its challenges. On the one hand, many modern scholars since the beginning of the nineteenth century have examined and analyzed his thought…
The material interpretation of some elements of civilization: It becomes clear from the discussion of the first hypothesis that the economic factors, as addressed in the introduction, significantly influenced Ibn Khaldun’s arguments. In this second methodological hypothesis, we will demonstrate how these arguments and interpretations were also influenced by other elements of civilization, such as religion, reason,…
The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built in the Holy Sanctuary, and it is also ancient. The origin of the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a church built by Emperor Justinian in veneration of the Virgin Mary. The Arabs converted it into a mosque by order of Caliph Omar. Then the earthquake destroyed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it was…
The Arabs were not ignorant of the importance of maintaining good health. They knew very well that the science of health teaches us ways to prevent diseases that medicine cannot cure. Their health methods have been good since ancient times. What the Qur’an commands regarding ablution and abstaining from drinking alcohol, and what the people…
Medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and chemistry are considered the most important sciences that the Arabs were interested in. The Arabs completed their greatest discoveries in these sciences. The Arabs’ medical writings were translated throughout Europe, and a large portion of them were not destroyed, as happened to their other books. Arab medical effects: The number of…
Arabic is a Semitic language. It is very similar to Hebrew, but its pronunciation differs from most European languages, making it very difficult for foreigners to pronounce. We do not know the history of the emergence of the Arabic language as we know it now, but we know from Arabic poetry that was written a…
Mathematics: Research into mathematics, especially algebra, expanded among the Arabs, and the discovery of algebra is attributed to the Arabs. However, its origins had been known for a long time. Nevertheless, the Arabs completely transformed algebra, and they are credited with its application to geometry. Algebra became so widespread among the Arabs that Muhammad ibn…
The changes we see the results of after a long period in the world of economics are sometimes, in essence, civilizational changes that affect values, tastes, and morals at the turning points of history. The features of life change with the transformation of man himself in his will and direction when he realizes a new…
There is no doubt that the internal and external challenges faced by Islamic society also had a significant impact on the emergence of Islamic philosophical thought and the formulation of its concepts. For example, the far-reaching effects resulting from the Arabs’ transition from nomadic life to civilized life, as the scholar Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun…
Language and Culture: A few days ago, I was at a post office, speaking to the employee sitting behind the window in Arabic. Each time, he responded in French. I won’t recount here all my impressions of this conversation outside a window in an official office. They can be summed up in one word: “I hope the Algerian administration…
