Qur'anScience
Qur'anScience
Only one line in a 10th-century book mentions her — yet today an asteroid bears her name. The thirty-ninth book of Tracing the Scholars of Islam tells the story of al-‘Ijliyyah, popularly known as Mariam al-Ijliya: a woman astrolabe maker at the court of Aleppo — with an honest look at what is truly known. “That you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea.”
“And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.”
Anyone who wants to know the early scholars
Parents & heads of families
Students of astronomy, science & history
Preachers, teachers & counsellors
The story of al-‘Ijliyyah — verses 6:97 and 2:144, two authentic Hadith with linked chains, a timeline, a chart of the parts of an astrolabe, history notes marked separately, and a table of popular stories.