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He is Abu Ali Al-Hussain Ibn Sina, an Islamic philosopher, physician and scientist in the fields of natural sciences and mathematics, born in 980 AD in Afshana near Bukhara, and his father is Abdullah, born in the city of Balkh and his mother Sitara from the city of Tajk, and Ibn Sina is one of the most influential philosophical figures and doctors In the Islamic world and Europe in the medieval period, as his books and discoveries in medicine were taught in European universities until the seventeenth century

He also worked in an administrative position with Noah bin Mansour Sultan of Bukhara, and then Ibn Sina began learning in the field of jurisprudence with his teacher Ismail Al-Zahid, and then went to study medicine with a number of teachers, and Ibn Sina described the field of medicine as easy. Later, Ibn Sina treated Sultan Mansur bin Noah after he contracted a disease that baffled the city’s doctors. Books in several fields such as mathematics, engineering, astronomy, physics, metaphysics, linguistics, poetry, and music

He was teaching astronomy and logic there, and also began writing his most famous book on medicine, which is the Book of Canon of Medicine. Then he moved to the irrigation area and practiced medicine there and wrote about 30 books.

His achievements in the field of medicine

The medical field is a reason for Ibn Sina’s fame, especially his book The Canon of Medicine, which is a comprehensive encyclopedia of medical information and knowledge, in which he explained the diseases that affect humans in all parts of his body. Among his discoveries in the field of medicine are the following:

He was the first to distinguish the difference between paraplegia caused by an internal cause and that which results from an external cause.

He was the first to describe gynecological diseases such as vaginal obstruction, fibroids, and puerperal fever.

Explain stroke.

Explain the impact of mental illness on the rest of the body and its nerves, and the need to undergo psychological treatment.

Use iron and fire to stop the bleeding.

He prescribed 670 drugs to treat diseases.

Explain the impact of pollution on the human body and the diseases that may affect it because of it.

His contributions to anatomy explained the exact parts of the eye.

He wrote more than 400 works, of which he survived, and about 240 works were published in various fields such as medicine, science, music, philosophy, medicine, religion, and other fields as well. The most prominent of these works are:

The Canon of Medicine: It is a medical encyclopedia consisting of five volumes with a total of more than a million words. The book contains medical information from ancient and Islamic sources.

The Book of Healing: This book is divided into four scientific and philosophical parts, namely: logic, natural sciences, mathematics, metaphysics, and it was said that this book is the healing of the soul.

Salvation book.

A book of notes and admonitions.

Anatomy paper.

Paper on food and medicine.

Euclid Summary.

Magistrate summary.

Astronomy book.

Thesis that invalidates the rule of stars.

Thesis in space.

Thesis on plants and animals.

Ibn Sina died at the age of fifty-eight in 1037 AD in Iran, due to a disease in his digestive system, which led to pain in his stomach, and he donated all his possessions to slaves and charities before his death.

Dr. Taghrid Zuhdi Mohamed

 President and Founder of the OFUQ ALSALAM ALDUWALI (OSD) Center 

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