Islam In The Middle Ages

The middle ages are often seen as the tunnel of darkness between the Roman Empire’s golden age of culture and Europe’s much later Renaissance. While it is true that for many centuries, Europe was dwindling in progress, the same cannot be said of the Islamic world. Science, Philosophy, and theology all flourished under Islam, seen through numerous Arabic texts written by a handful of renown Muslim scholars. Therefore, the question that should be asked is, as Europe was plunging into an era of stagnation, what are the factors that led the Muslim world to do the opposite? To answer this, the words within the Quran must be understood, along with the historical context of Arabia and later-Muslim civilizations. Like the Torah and the Bible, the Quran was highly open to interpretation, as it was scattered with text whose meaning was ambiguous. …show more content…
These translated Greek texts, preaching reason, highly fueled these early Muslim scholars into adopting and spreading reasoning as well. Additionally, the newly expanding Empire’s openness to new ideas, which were brought in through trade, was key to their intellectual and technological growth. When all of what was mentioned is considered, it is seen that Islam’s “newness” as a religion, involving multiple early Muslim scholars figuring out the meaning of the Quran, mixed in with their discoveries of Greek texts, as well as the historical context of the time, are the major factors fueling Islam’s growth. Islam did not hamper/restrain advancements and thought, as some may say, but instead the factors mentioned previous are what led to Islam’s