Abstract
The main source of all inspirational knowledge in Islam is indeed the Holy Qur'an.
The verses of the Qur'an as well as the Hadeeth and Sunnah literature have also accumulated
a number of teachings and practices in relation to cardiovascular medicine. Islam
is actually a comprehensive system of life, which provides mankind with the best forms
of balance between the mundane and the spiritual. Early era of Islamic medicine has
generated some very famous and notable physicians. The greatest physician of this
era was Avicenna who devoted a substantial section of his classic magnum opus, the
Canon of Medicine, to cardiovascular disorders. The empirical guidelines and principles
of the Qur'an and Sunnah might contribute to the understanding and evaluation of various
disturbances of the heart and vessels. Islamic legacy will still continue to inspire
the contemporary cardiology in investigating cardiovascular diseases.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 26, 2009
Accepted:
September 27,
2009
Received:
September 22,
2009
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© 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
