Salam my question is did Muslims ever invent any kind of eye glasses ? Also I have always liked the look of Horn Rimmed Glasses which many people did wear in the 1950's and 1960's my question is can anyone list any Muslims who did wear these besides
Re: Salam my question is did Muslims ever invent any kind of eye glasses ?
format_quote Originally Posted by truthseeker63
my question is did Muslims ever invent any kind of eye glasses ?
Yes. It was a Muslim that invented them:
What is Taught: The English scholar Roger Bacon (d. 1292) first mentioned glass lenses for improving vision. At nearly the same time, eyeglasses could be found in use both in China and Europe.
What Should be Taught: Ibn Firnas of Islamic Spain invented eyeglasses during the 9th century, and they were manufactured and sold throughout Spain for over two centuries. Any mention of eyeglasses by Roger Bacon was simply a regurgitation of the work of al-Haytham (d. 1039), whose research Bacon frequently referred to.
Abbas Ibn Firnas is often credited for the invention of corrective lenses. Abbas had devised a way to finish sand into glass; which until that time, was secret to the Egyptians. These glasses could be shaped and polished into round rocks used for viewing—known as reading stones. In Islamic Spain during the ninth century, these rocks were manufactured and sold throughout Spain for over two centuries. Eye glasses were also described in the work of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (965-1040), who Roger Bacon frequently referred to in his own writings on eye glasses. Eye glasses were also used in China during the thirteenth century.[3]
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This is a clear message for mankind in order that they may be warned thereby, and that they may know that He is only One God, and that those of understanding may take heed (14:52)
Indeed Allah knows, and you know not (16: 74, part)
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