The Islamic Bulletin Volume X IX No. 24 Page 27 KID’S CORNER Across 1 . First person to accept Islam , 3. The Prophet’s (Pbuh) son-inlaw , 6. The first Khalifa (RA) , 7. The language spoken in Sudan , 8. Total (3) 9. Noor in English 11. Ask Allah 1 2 . Taxi 1 4 . Verse of the Quran 16. The name of the city where The Taj Mahal is located 17. The script used by blind people 18. Difficul t Down 1. Baithullah 2. The uncle who looked after the Prophet (8) 3. Al-Naml in English 4. Haj Pilgrim’s attire 5. 30th chapter of the Quran 8. Damascus is the capital of _________ 9. Bigger 10. Chop 13. Red as a _______ 1 4 . First Prophet of Allah 15. _______ and hearty CROSSWORD PUZZLE Remember... To say Bismallah before you eat. Editors Note: Anyone interested in assisting the staff at the Islamic Bulletin Website projects, broken links? Please contact us as soon as possible, this could be a great way to use your technical expertise to spread the word of Allah. Jazak Allah Khairan. What is Taught: The first mention of man in flight was by Roger Bacon, who drew a flying apparatus. Leonardo da Vinci also conceived of airborne transport and drew several prototypes. What Should be Taught: Ibn Firnas of Islamic Spain invented, constructed and tested a flying machine in the 800’s A.D. Roger Bacon learned of flying machines from Arabic references to Ibn Firnas’ machine. The latter’s invention antedates Bacon by 500 years and Da Vinci by some 700 years. What is Taught: Glass mirrors were first produced in 1291 in Venice. What Should be Taught: Glass mirrors were in use in Islamic Spain as early as the 11th century. The Venetians learned of the art of fine glass production from Syrian artisans during the 9th and 10th centuries. What is Taught: Until the 14th century, the only type of clock available was the water clock. In 1335, a large mechanical clock was erected in Milan, Italy. This was possibly the first weight-driven clock. What Should be Taught: A variety of mechanical clocks were produced by Spanish Muslim engineers, both large and small, and this knowledge was transmitted to Europe through Latin translations of Islamic books on mechanics. These clocks were weight-driven. Designs and illustrations of epi-cyclic and segmental gears were provided. One such clock included a mercury escapement. The latter type was directly copied by Europeans during the 15th century. In addition, during the 9th century, Ibn Firnas of Islamic Spain, according to Will Durant, invented a watch-like device which kept accurate time. The Muslims also constructed a variety of highly accurate astronomical clocks for use in their observatories. What is Taught: In the 17th century, the pendulum was developed by Galileo during his teenage years. He noticed a chandelier swaying as it was being blown by the wind. As a result, he went home and invented the pendulum. What Should be Taught: The pendulum was discovered by Ibn Yunus al-Masri during the 10th century, who was the first to study and document its oscillatory motion. Its value for use in clocks was introduced by Muslim physicists during the 15th century. What is Taught: Movable type and the printing press was invented in the West by Johannes Gutenberg of Germany during the 15th century. What Should be Taught : In 1454, Gutenberg developed the most sophisticated printing press of the Middle Ages. However, movable brass type was in use in Islamic Spain 100 years prior, and that is where the West’s first printing devices were made. What is Taught: Isaac Newton’s 17th century study of lenses, light and prisms forms the foundation of the modern science of optics . What Should be Taught: In the 1lth century al-Haytham determined virtually everything that Newton advanced regarding optics centuries prior and is regarded by numerous authorities as the ‘founder of optics. ‘ There is little doubt that Newton was influenced by him. AlHaytham was the most quoted physicist of the Middle Ages. His works were utilized and quoted by a greater number of European scholars during the 16th and 17th centuries than those of Newton and Galileo combined. What is Taught: Isaac Newton, during the 17th century, discovered that white light consists of various rays of colored light. What Should be Taught: This discovery was made in its entirety by al-Haytham (11th century) and Kamal ad-Din (14th century). Newton did make original discoveries, but this was not one of them. THE QUR’AN & SCIENCE The Qur’an & Science (continued on page 30)
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