Imam Jafar al Sadiqs Contribution to the Science

Imam Jafar al Sadiqs Contribution to the Science

Below are extracts from the book “The Great Muslim Scientist and Philosopher - Imam Jafar Ibn Mohammed As-Sadiq (a.s.)” This book is a translation of “Maghze Mutafakkir Jehan Shia”, the famous Persian book, which has been published four times in Tehran. The Persian book is itself a translation from a French thesis published by The Research Committee of Strasbourg, France, about the contributions made by Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (a.s.) to science, philosophy, literature and irfan (gnosticism). ‘Kaukab Ali Mirza’ did the English translation from Persian Members of this research committee have done a wonderful job and deserve gratitude from all those who love the Imam. However, these learned scholars failed to find worldly sources of the Imam’s knowledge and therefore indulged in wild speculations and guesswork to conclude on how a human being could know the kind of knowledge and revelations that the Imam had said during his life, 1400 years ago.