Open AccessMedieval Islamic scholarship and writings on sleep and dreams
Author(s) -
Ahmed S. BaHammam,
Aljohara S. Almeneessier,
Seithikurippu R. PandiPerumal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_162_17
Subject(s) - scholarship , the renaissance , civilization , islam , interpretation (philosophy) , classics , medicine , sleep medicine , literature , history , philosophy , law , theology , art , art history , psychiatry , political science , linguistics , cognition , sleep disorder
Islamic civilization between the 7 th and the 15 th centuries made great contributions to the development of science and medicine, and discoveries made during this time formed the basis for the emergence of the European Renaissance. Muslims view sleep as one of the great signs of Allāh , and a number of Muslim scholars studied and wrote on sleep and dreams. However, Muslim scholars' contributions to this topic have not been adequately represented in modern scholarship. Islamic scholars did far more than simply act as the preservers of the antiquity and Greek knowledge, but rather laid significant foundation, translation, interpretation, and transference of knowledge and experience, and have contributed original works in many fields of science and medicine including sleep. This brief article introduces some of the writings by Muslim scholars and philosophers about the importance of sleep, some sleep disorders, and dreams.