Qur'anScience
Qur'anScience
A thousand years ago, a scholar climbed a hill in the Punjab with an astrolabe in hand — and measured the radius of the Earth without leaving the spot. The twenty-fifth book of Tracing the Scholars of Islam tells the story of al-Biruni: compiler of the calendars of the world’s nations, fair-minded author of a book on India, and a seeker of knowledge to his last breath. “That you may know the number of years and account [of time].”
“It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases — that you may know the number of years and account [of time].”
Anyone who wants to know the early scholars
Parents & heads of families
Students of geography, astronomy & mathematics
Preachers, teachers & counsellors
The story of al-Biruni — verses 10:5 and 49:13, two authentic Hadith with linked chains, a timeline, a chart of the Earth-radius method, history notes marked separately, and a table of popular stories.