Religion and Wit

Ibn Sīnā. (980 - 1037AD) commonly known as Avicenna, was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age.

Avicenna translated numerous Greco-Roman works. 
Based on his study of Persian and Indian mathematical systems, he developed and wrote 450 works. His work covered the fields of philosophy, medicine, astronomy, alchemy, geography and geology, psychology, logic, algebra, trigonometry, physics and poetry. 
He also contributed extensively to the field of Islamic theology.