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.