Islam on knowledge

     In the Islamic faith knowledge plays an important role in worship. Knowledge is emphasized to understand this world and the divine. To find a purpose in life through the engagement of the world. The house of wisdom created by caliph al-Mamoon in the 9th century houses translated Greek, Persian, Syriac, and Indian manuscripts. A gigantic collection of knowledge housing studies from people like Aristotle, Plato, and Pythagoras.

     The build upon previous knowledge allowed for great advances in a multitude of fields such as medicine and science. Things like perfume and acid were made in the 9th century. Also medical practices that incorporated Greek, Chinese, and Indian medical techniques creating pediatrics. Muhammad on knowledge " a person who follows a path for acquiring knowledge, Allah will make easy the passage to paradise for him." (Hadith 252)