Shaykh Hamza Yusuf: (Persian-Tajiks) contributions to Islam: People of Arya Zamin - مردم آریا زمین Many famous Islam Imams were Tajik (Persians) ::: Scientists " Imam Abu Hanifa , Imam Bukhari, Imam Abu Dawood, Imam Muslim, Imam Fakhr al-Razi, Tirmidhi, Abu Ali Sina Balkhi , Abu Rayḥan Al biruni & many more famous Islamic. scientists, scholars were from Khurasan thats now known as Afghanistan as well some part of Tajikistan and Iran.. -Salman Al-Farsi was the first person to translate the Holy Quran into a foreign language (i.e. Persian). -The greatest grammarian of Arabic language was a Persian -The greatest interpreter of the Holy Quran in Islam, is Tabari, also a Persian. -The greatest Imam among the majority of Muslims---Imam Abu Hanifah was a Persian - The first man who introduced Arabic numerals in the West (which used Roman Numerals, before) was a Persian scholar by the name of Al Khwarizmi (9th century A.D.). - The first physician in the world, who treated Small Pox, was Zakariyya Al Razi (10th century A.D.). -The first scientist who invented a computing machine was Al-Kashani (15th century A.D.). - The first scientist who explained the cause of rainbow in 13th century A.D. was another Persian called Qutb Shirazi. (Source: Islam: A global civilization. -The first compiler of Arabic Dictionary was a Persian by the name of Khalil Bin Ahmad. - The first scientist who measured the distance between the Earth and the Moon was -The first physician who diagnosed and treated Meningitis during the Dark Ages was Abu Ali Sina Balkhi (11th century A.D.). - The greatest Muslim scholar, who collected and preserved Islamic traditions and teachings, is another Persian by the name of Mohammad Majlesi (17th century A.D.) His masterpiece on Islamic teaching and traditions (titled, Behaar Al-Anwaar) is 100 plus Volumes -The first scholar who organized, formulated and established the Science of Rhetoric, Elocution and Prosody in Arabic language was a Persian master by the name of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jorjani (Gorgani). - The greatest Philosophical mind after Aristotle, who preserved philosophy from destruction during the Dark Ages (of Europe) was Al-Farabi the Persian-Tajik. He was a linguist and a music virtuoso. He is known as the Second Master. (After Aristotle). -The first scientists who claimed that the Earth was actually round (not flat, as the Europeans believed) were the Muslim scholars of Persia. - Persian Muslim Scientists knew the Law of Gravity, as early as 840 A.D. (Ibid). - The first Muslim woman in the world, who won the Noble Peace Prize, was Persian Lady Judge, Shirin Ebadi. - The architecture of castles originated in Persia thousands of years ago.

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