Meadows of Gold

 

                                      Meadows of Gold

 

 

The book is written by Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Mas'udi

who was known as the “Herodotus of the Arabs”. He is better known as Al Masudi and was born in 893 CE (approximately) at Babylon. Many biographers say he is descended from the progeny of a companion of the Prophet called: Abdullah bin Al Masud (RA).
The book in Arabic is known as Murj Al Dahab.
The book talks about history from the time of Prophet Adam(AS) and his wife Hawa until the time of the Abbasids.

Quotes from Al Masudi:
“The sciences were financially supported, honoured everywhere, universally pursued; they were like tall edifices supported by strong foundations. Then the Christian religion appeared in Byzantium and the centres of learning were eliminated, their vestiges effaced and the edifice of Greek learning was obliterated. Everything the ancient Greeks had brought to light vanished, and the discoveries of the ancients were altered out of recognition.”

 

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