伊斯兰技术简史的宗教阅读

The Religious Interpretation of Islamic Technology

艾哈迈德.哈桑与唐纳德.希尔合著的《伊斯兰技术简史》阐明了各种涉及自然科学领域的技术进步也是伊斯兰文明的重要组成部分。从阿拉伯阿拔斯王朝的"翻译运动"一直延续到十五世纪欧洲海外活动的扩张这段时期内,伊斯兰世界在技术上一直保持着领先的地位。伊斯兰世界的衰落和欧洲的崛起都不是偶然的事件,面对技术和科学的态度在其中起到了关键性的作用,而这实际上与宗教的态度有着密切的关联。

In Islamic Technology： An Illustrated History, Ahmad Hassan and Donald Hill reveal that the progress of technology related with natural science is also an important part of Islamic civilization. From the period of Harakah al-Tarjamah led by Abbsid Dynasty to the begin ning of European powers＇ overseas expansion in the 15th centaury, the Islamic technology is always keeping its leading position in the whole world. Both the fall of Islamic world and the rise of Europe are not accidental things, they are related with the development of respective reli-gion due to the attitude to technology and science playing a crucial role in them.