Islamic Mirrors

ISLAMIC Mirrors
The parabolic mirror, earlier studied by Diocles and others, was described by Ibn Sahl in his On the Burning Instruments in the 10th century. It was later described again in Burning Mirrors and Book of Optics
Ibn al also discussed concave and convex mirrors in both cylindrical and spherical geometries, described spherical and parabolic mirrors,carried out a number of experiments with mirrors, and solved the problem of finding the point on a convex mirror at which a ray coming from one point is reflected to another point.
By the 11th century, clear glass mirrors were being produced.

NOTE TO ALL
In The Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate

It is offensive (makruh) to pray on or towards anything that is distracting, such as something striped or a person who is facing one.[1] A mirror is similar. As for praying with a mirror in the room, I have not seen our imams mention this. A reflection is not considered a picture of animate life, so it would not appear to be a problem in our school. And Allah knows best and He alone gives success (tawfiq).

See: Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, Hawashi al-Sharwani Wa Ibn Qasim al-Abbadi 'Ala Tuhfah al-Muhtaj Bisharh al-Minhaj (Beruit, Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-'Arabi), 2:161; and Nihaya with Shibramalisi's supercommentary: Muhammad Ramli, Nihayah al-Muhtaj ila Sharh al-Minhaj (Beruit, Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-'Arabi), 2:58.

Therefore it is best for your salaah that you do not pray infront of a mirror incase of distraction from Salaah but it is not forbidden just disliked.
and Allah knows best

Islam has no place for black cats and broken mirrors BY SUMAYYAH MEEHAN

Sun,Moon,Alchemy of Arabia,

Sun,Moon,Alchemy of Arabia

The Sun is its father, the Moon its mother, and the Wind carries it in its belly, its nurse is the Earth. This is the father of all perfection, or consummation of the whole world. Its power is integrating, if it be turned into earth.

Thou shalt separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, suavely, and with great ingenuity. It ascends from earth to heaven and descends again to earth, and receives the power of the superiors and of the inferiors. So thou hast the glory of the whole world; therefore let all obscurity flee before thee.

This is the strong force of all forces, overcoming every subtle and penetrating every solid thing. So the world was created. Hence were all wonderful adaptations, of which this is the manner. Therefore am I called Hermes Trismigestus, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world. What I have to tell is completed, concerning the Operation of the Sun.

Islamic Egyptian Alchemy Union

Islamic Egyptian Alchemy Union

Time Capsule of Wisdom from Mankind's Unknown Benefactors.

The Emerald Tablet is an ancient artifact that reveals a profound spiritual technology, which has survived to this day despite centuries of effort to suppress it. Encoded within the tablet's mysterious wording is a powerful formula that works in very specific and comprehensible steps on all levels of reality at once -- the physical, the mental, and the spiritual -- and shows us how to achieve personal transformation and even accelerate the evolution of our species.
Emerald Tablet,is part of the Hermetica and is one of most revered magical documents in Western occultism. Hermes Trismegistus is portrayed in art as holding an emerald upon which he inscribed the entire Egyptian philosophy.

GEMS PEARLS,Coloured Glass on mosques

Stained glass was first produced by Muslim architects in Southwest Asia using colored glass rather than stone. In the 8th century, the Arab chemist Jabir scientifically described 46 original recipes for producing colored glass in Kitab al-Durra , in addition to 12 recipes inserted in a later edition of the book.


Gemstones and pearls

In his Kitab al-Durra Jabir described the first recipes for the manufacture of artificial pearls and for the purification of pearls that were discolored from the sea or from grease. described the first recipes for the dyeing and artificial coloring of gemstones and pearls, also first described the production of high quality colored glass cut into artificial gemstones.

Jabir chemistry produced perfume industry in arabia

Jābir "father of chemistry", introduced experimentation, invented the alembic still and retort, many chemical processes such as filtration, and many chemical substances such as distilled alcohol. He also established the perfumery industry.

Jabir clearly recognized and proclaimed the importance of experimentation:
The first essential in chemistry is,perform practical work and conduct experiments, for he who performs not practical work nor makes experiments will never attain to the least degree of mastery.

An early experimental scientific method for chemistry began emerging among early Muslim chemists.
The experimental method; apparatus such as the alembic, still, and retort; and chemical processes such as liquefaction, purification, oxidization and evaporation.

Purification by crystallization.Filtration

Pure distillation,Impure distillation methods were known to the Babylonians, Greeks and Egyptians since ancient times, but Jābir was the first to introduce distillation apparatus and techniques which were able to fully purify chemical substances.

Produced many chemical substances.

Jabir clearly recognized importance of experimentation.The first essential in chemistry is that he perform practical work and conduct experiments, for he who performs not practical work nor makes experiments will never attain to the least degree of mastery.

Gold Making and Philosopher Stone by Jabir

Islamic philosophers made great contributions to alchemical hermeticism. The most influential author in this regard was arguably Jābir ,According to Jābir, in each metal two of these qualities were interior and two were exterior. For example, lead was externally cold and dry, while gold was hot and moist. Thus, Jabir theorized, by rearranging the qualities of one metal, a different metal would result. By this reasoning, the search for the philosopher's stone was introduced to Western alchemy.Jabir developed an elaborate numerology whereby the root letters of a substance's name in Arabic, when treated with various transformations, held correspondences to the element's physical properties.

II islamic Observatory at Maegah in 1262AD

II islamic Observatory at Maegah in 1262AD

When Baghdad, was destroyed ,a magnificent observatory at Maragah in northwest Iran was built with al-Tusi in charge. The observatory opened in 1262,The observatory became, essentially, a university: al-Tusi had several pupils who made important contributions, and in fact his role was central in reviving Islamic science.

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Seljuk Sultan built Observatory for Khayyam

The third Seljuk sultan, and his Persian vizier invited Khayyam to head up his observatory in Esfahan , Khayyam measured the length of the year, getting 365.242198…days. This is correct to within one second: the error is in that last digit only

Author Calculated velocity of light from Maha Bharata,1012AD,Indian Epic,1986

Calculated Velocity[speed] of Light ,

Distance between Sun and Earth from 1012 AD Maha Bharata,

Father of Youngest stamp collector in the World,

Prime Minister RAJIV GANDHI released book on RGVEDIC BHISHMA.

Khayyam algebra

KHAYYAM main contribution to that subject is a serious attack on cubic equations, such as finding x given that 2x3 – 2x2 + 2x – 1 = 0. This particular problem has a geometric origin:

Given that for the right-angled triangle shown, the sum of the height and the shortest side is equal to the hypotenuse, find the ratio of the length of the shortest side to that of the other side.

Islamic Algebra born in Nishapur Iran

Omr Kayam was born in Nishapur, in present-day northeastern Iran (see map) in 1048, a time when most of Persia ,Iran was under Turkish rule. Initially, he did not find it a good environment for scholarly work, and in 1070 moved to Samarkand ,He did manage to write a famous book on Algebra.


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600 BC oil wells,640 AD oil Tax,

600 BC oil wells,640 AD oil Tax,

Natural oil spring called "Eternal Fires" that had been burning continuously since at least 600 BC.

When the Muslim armies first arrived 640, they found hundreds of open oil pits. Arab records from the 10th century show that people, paid an annual tribute of 90 metric tons of oil to light the palace of the caliph. And an early Muslim taxing the oil - and mercury - producing industries in their districts as an incentive to boost production. Clearly the demand for oil was high.

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QATAR news;Symposium,God Is Beautiful

The Symposium, titled God Is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture, will be held at the new Museum of Islamic Art (designed by I.M. Pei) October 29-31, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. The keynote speaker will be Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer-Prize winning architecture critic and writer for the New Yorker, who will discuss the Museum building as a work of Islamic art on Saturday, October 29, 2011. On October 30 and 31, twelve speakers will present original papers on objects in the Museum's collection.

You may have been following news of Doha's explosive cultural renaissance in your local newspapers and magazines. In addition to the Museum of Islamic Art, the city recently opened another museum, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art only a few weeks ago. Their first exhibition, "Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art," is on view in the museum's expansive new galleries, bringing together over 200 objects in the museum's collection. For those of you considering whether or not to make the long trip to Doha for the Symposium, please keep in mind the city's increasingly rich cultural offerings!

In addition, please be aware that we will again be offering Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships to provide financial support to 15 junior and senior scholars who wish to attend God is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty. Fellowships will cover the cost of round-trip travel to Doha as well as lodging and meals during the Symposium. Fellows will also be invited to attend special events such as receptions and excursions, will be awarded a Hamad bin Khalifa Fellowship certificate, and will receive copies of the proceedings of the Third Biennial Symposium, And Diverse Are Their Hues: Color in Islamic Art and Culture, held in 2009, and the Fourth Biennial Symposium, held in Doha. Applications are available on our website,

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