An academic and research review of the salient features of contemporary religious concepts from an Islamic point of view

Abstract

Islam is the only religion which has given utmost importance to knowledge and education. Islam greatly emphasized on the importance, need and obligation of education. Importance of education can be evaluated by the first reveal)ویح )on Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which wasا" ارقا) "Read). Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم made it mandatory for every Muslim, man and woman, to acquire knowledge. That is why a large number of educated personas -from Muslim scholars and researchers to scientist and specialist-are found in the history of Islam. Indeed, they explored the real meaning of knowledge and presented it to the world, with their vast investigations, great experiments and studies. We cannot restrict their work to some certain areas. They researched in Quran, Hadees, Jurisprudence, Beliefs, Logic, Philosophy, language studies, Physics, Psychology, modern arts and many other subjects. Their innovated thoughts, ideas and experiments set ground for many modern researches. Now, modern world is accepting and implementing the theory of Education presented by Islam 1400 years ago and which was being practiced in the Golden Era of Islam. In this article, we will be discussing the education theory of Islam and some of its basic concepts.