They not only made use of these two valuable assets of the...

They not only made use of these two valuable assets of the Greeks but enriched these with logic and the narrations of Iranians and Indians and established new legislation laws together with much progress in the study of grammar, syntax, theology, narration and research in natural sciences. All this gave the Muslims greater superiority in establishing an even stronger government than the Romans.

When the Muslims established governments and ruled the countries under their domination, they legislated laws derived from Islamic revelations which were spread throughout much of the world. The Muslims' motivation in studying and learning foreign sciences originally came from the very emphasis and encouragement that the Holy Qur'an and the Prophet of Islam had prescribed about sciences.

They knew the Prophet had repeatedly stated that wisdom and knowledge are the properties that a believer is always in search of wherever he hears a knowledgeable word he learns and he would not pay attention to where or whom it is from.

Until the end of the first Islamic century and into the beginning of the second century, that is, throughout the reigns of the First Caliphs and the Umayyad Caliphs in different regions of the country, the Muslims were busy with their conquests and, as a result, they didn't have many opportunities to pay attention to their jobs, important religious issues and government.

Yet from the time that the Iranians and Iraqi people and some Asians and other nearby nations established relations and began mixing with the Muslims, they gradually entered the fields of administration and social work. General needs, such as the need to learn about medicine and mathematics, also prompted the Muslims to pay attention to other nations' sciences.

The First Translated Book The first translation of foreign science to Arabic was completed by Khalid Ibn Yazid Ibn Mu'awiyya, who was known as the wise man of Al-e-Marwan, or "Hakim Al-e- Marwan.'' After the death of his brother, Khalid was thinking was known as the wise man of Al-e-Marwan, the son of Hakim, defeated him and the Caliphate of the family of Abu Sofyan was transferred to the family of Marwan Ibn Hakam.

Disappointed at not becoming caliph, Khalid pursued his education and it was a pity to realise that the other members of this old family, to be rulers did not use their talents in other areas, such as sciences, from the beginning. In any case, at that time, chemistry was a very popular course in secondary schools.