Islamic legacy of cardiology: Inspirations from the holy sources

Abstract The main source of all inspirational knowledge in Islam is indeed the Holy Qur'an. The verses of the Qur'an as well as the Hadeeth and Sunnah literature have also accumulated a number of teachings and practices in relation to cardiovascular medicine. Islam is actually a comprehens...

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Published inInternational journal of cardiology Vol. 145; no. 3; p. 496
Main Authors Turgut, Okan, Yalta, Kenan, Tandogan, Izzet
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 03.12.2010
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Cardiology
Cardiology - history
Cardiovascular
History
History, Medieval
Islam - history
Medicine, Arabic - history
Religion
Religion and Medicine
Religion
Cardiology
History
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Summary:Abstract The main source of all inspirational knowledge in Islam is indeed the Holy Qur'an. The verses of the Qur'an as well as the Hadeeth and Sunnah literature have also accumulated a number of teachings and practices in relation to cardiovascular medicine. Islam is actually a comprehensive system of life, which provides mankind with the best forms of balance between the mundane and the spiritual. Early era of Islamic medicine has generated some very famous and notable physicians. The greatest physician of this era was Avicenna who devoted a substantial section of his classic magnum opus, the Canon of Medicine, to cardiovascular disorders. The empirical guidelines and principles of the Qur'an and Sunnah might contribute to the understanding and evaluation of various disturbances of the heart and vessels. Islamic legacy will still continue to inspire the contemporary cardiology in investigating cardiovascular diseases.
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ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.09.470