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title: "Word “Quarantine” Was First Created By A Muslim Scientist"
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# Word “Quarantine” Was First Created By A Muslim Scientist

Source: https://theislamicinformation.com/blogs/word-quarantine-created-muslim-scientist/
Updated: 2025-02-14

Are you aware of the fact that the Muslim scientist, **Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina**, had first coined the term “**Quarantine**” in his work? In the west, he is well-known with the name of “Avicenna”.

At that time, he doubted that there were few diseases that get transmitted by **microorganisms** and its prevention was known only by opting **self-distancing the public for 40 days**.

He named this method as **Al-Arba'in Iya** meaning **forty-forty days**. Ibn Sina is also known as Pur Sina, Abu Ali Sina, and Avicenna. Being a Persian polymath, he was also regarded among the highly famous astronomers, physicians, thinkers and writers of the Golden Age of Islam.

![ibn sina avicenna](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ibn-sina-avicenna.jpg)

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Avicenna (A.K.A Ibn Sina) is also remembered as the **father of early modern science. He succeeded in being the** pre-modern era’s highly influential philosopher.

Motivated by **Aristotelian philosophy**, Ibn Sina was a **peripatetic philosopher**. Approximately, his **240 written work** succeeded out of the total **450 he produced**. The surviving one involves **40 in medicine** and **150 for the philosophy** aspect.

His introduced method reached in Italy and throughout Europe with the help of merchants of Venice. And they named it “**Quarantena**” (In English Quarantine) which means “**forty**” in the Italian language.

![ibn sina avicenna writing original book](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ibn-sina-avicenna-writing-original-book-1024x735.jpg)

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And gradually, the word “**quarantine**” got developed. Originally belonging to the **Islamic world**, this method is being utilized at the present moment throughout the whole globe to [combat the coronavirus](https://theislamicinformation.com/dua-for-coronavirus-protection/).

And even in the present era, Ibn Sina has **saved millions of lives** throughout the world with his **Al-Arba'in Iya method**. His well-known work includes; The **Canon of Medicine**, a **medical encyclopedia** which is now as the standard medical textbooks in a lot of Universities.

He also wrote a **scientific and philosophical encyclopedia** known as **The Book of Healing**. His other books can be found on alchemy, psychology, logic, mathematics, Islamic theology, astronomy, physics, geography and geology and works of poetry are available too.