Islamic civilisation have been excellent in the past before corruption takes it down. Muslims today should be the most advanced civilisation.
WHY?
Because we are already told by our book (the holy Quran) and our Prophet PBUH about science and future descriptions. 1400 years ago our Prophet had already told us about the sun rising from the west. NASA have just discovered this possibility in these recent years. The Big Bang theory was introduced in 1965 (if I'm not mistaken). The Quran told us about it way too far from that year in the age where there were no technologies. The non-believers at that time mocked the Prophet for such fantasies. Today, technologies and intellectuals have proved the truth of this phenomena. So I repeat again, we should be the most advanced group of people in the world right now. We have all we need. We just lack of intelligence to find the truth.
SO WHAT'S THE FACTOR LEADING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS UMMAH?
It's simple. We don't have time for the Quran. We never read the Quran. Some of us even never touch the Quran. We can read a thick biology book and finish it from cover to cover but for one page or even one verse of the Quran, it seems very hard for us. We feel it very heavy for us even one verse of the Quran. The West are very happy that we are referring to their textbooks rather than studying our own source of knowledge. Really, we should surpass the Western civilisation today in contexts of science and technology. But again, we pushed aside the words of the Almighty. We pushed away the advices of our beloved Prophet PBUH.
So Muslims, what are you waiting for? Let's open,read and study our greatest source of knowledge. It's not that hard. It's not that thick and most importantly, it's not that expensive compared to your accessories!