FIMA Year Book 2009 - Federation of Islamic Medical Associations

The Conceptrelated to human life, health and disease,and to understand man’s relationshipwith his Creator, the universe and othercreatures. (1)The following are only a few examplesof Qur’anic injunctions to think andcontemplate:“On the earth are signs for those ofassured Faith, as also in your ownselves: Will ye not then see?. (13) .Now let man but think from what hewas created!.” (14)“Soon will We show them our Signs inthe (furthest) regions (of the earth),and in their own souls, until it becomesmanifest to them that this is the Truth.Is it not enough that thy Lord dothwitness all things?.” (15)“Thou seest the mountains andthinkest them firmly fixed: but theyshall pass away as the clouds passaway: (such is) the artistry of Allah,who disposes of all things in perfectorder: for He is well acquainted withall that ye do.” (16)“Do they see nothing in the governmentof the heavens and the earth and allthat Allah hath created? (Do theynot see) that it may well be that theirterms is nigh drawing to an end? Inwhat message after this will they thenbelieve?.” (17)In the Islamic concept, human life on thisearth has a basic goal: To worship Allah( SWT )“I have only created Jinns and humans,that they may serve Me.” (18)Medical sciences are proper means tothink, contemplate and understand thesesigns of creation.Medical students, educated along theseconcepts from their early days in medicalschools, will proceed to acquire balancedpersonalities, equipped with harmoniousoutlook of the unity of science and faith.Science in general, and medicine inparticular, is a form of worship andtool for the students’ minds to exercisethinking and contemplation in thecreation of Allah ( SWT ).“Men who celebrate the praises ofAllah, standing, sitting, and lyingdown on their sides, and contemplatethe (wonders of) creation in theheavens and the earth, (With thethought): “Our Lord! not for naughtHast Thou created (all) this! Gloryto Thee! Give us salvation from thepenalty of the Fire.” (19)“Those truly fear Allah, among HisServants, who have knowledge:for Allah is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving.” (20)This kind of Tarbiyah is instrumental inthe evolution of medical practitioners,scientists and researchers who complywith the divine guidance to discoversound basis of health and disease, to exertthe needed diligent effort to investigate,discover and remedy human disease, andin doing so, to discover Allah’s healing,power, wisdom and perfection.Through uncovering these secrets,FIMA YearBook 200977