A Brief Biography of Some Muslim Super Heros: Maryam bint ImranAsiya bint MuzahimKhadija bint KhuwaylidAisha bint Abi BakrKhalid ibn al-WalidDeath of UthmanImam Abu HanifaImam Malik ibn AnasImam Ash-ShafiImam Ahmad ibn HanbalImam Al-BukhariImam Al-NawawiIbn al-HaythamAl-KhwarizmiSalahuddin Al-AyyubiFudayl ibn IyadThe Pious Man and FireShe Died On Her Wedding NightFrom the dawn of Islam, Muslim scholars have made significant contributions to the world of learning. Indeed, from the 7th Century until the 15th Century, Muslims were the torchbearers of human civilisation. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe fell into the Dark Ages but Muslim scholars succeeded in preserving the classical wisdom of Ancient Greece and Rome. Due to their thirst for knowledge Muslims then went on to make spectacular advances in a wide spectrum of subjects, including mathematics, astronomy, geography, medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, botany, and veterinary science. After nearly 900 years of intellectual leadership, however, internal bickering and complacency saw the influence of Muslims stagnate and then decline. It would, nevertheless, be true to say that advances made by Muslim scholars from such seats of learning as Baghdad, Muslim Spain and Cairo laid the foundations for Europe's 'Renaissance' [intellectual re-awakening] in the Middle Ages. This, in turn, fuelled the Industrial Revolution that has eventually given rise to the scientific and technical achievements of today.