Mathematics has often been referred to as a different world of language that explains every aspect of the universe. There is knowledge implicit in language itself. When we express something like “Monday is eating”, we know instantly that the statement does not hold because our prior knowledge tells us that Monday is a day of the week. Similarly when we express in mathematics “2*2 = 22”, we know from the multiplication tables learnt by a student that it is not true. It has already been accepted that “2*2=4”. Similar observations can be made about different branches of sciences that beget several assumptions and propositions, which finally lead to the inferences, and even further propositions. All these point towards the core problem of acceptance without questioning. However, if we begin to question everything we might not develop anything. Assumptions are sometimes essential to understand the world. This is the very limitation of perception – it needs a base to build a......

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Title: Mathematics In An Islam World
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