Fikri al-Sayyid Awad
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Fikri al-Sayyid Awad is a physician and ophthalmologist who served as an eye specialist at the Islamic University of Madinah and authored medical studies examining human anatomy and pathology from both clinical and faith-based perspectives .
Career and Scholarly Contribution
Awad worked as the staff ophthalmologist (akhiṣṣāʾī al-ʿuyūn / ṭabīb al-ʿuyūn) at the Islamic University of Madinah, contributing several specialized medical and scientific articles to the university's journal (Majallat al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah) . His writings frequently bridged clinical science and theological reflection, emphasizing that precision in human biology reinforces religious faith .
In his medical essay Maʿa al-Khaliyyah al-ʿAṣabiyyah wa-Badīʿ Ṣunʿ Allāh ("With the Nerve Cell and the Marvel of God's Creation"), Awad analyzed the complexity of the central and peripheral nervous systems as signs of divine design in the human body . His specialized study al-Khamr wa-Taʾthīruhā ʿalā al-ʿUyūn ("Alcohol and Its Effect on the Eyes") examined the toxicological impact of alcohol consumption, detailing its pathological damage to the optic nerve, the ocular muscles controlling eye movement, and the blood vessels supplying the eye .
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List of Works
al-Khamr wa Tathiruha ala al-Uyun (Alcohol and Its Effect on the Eyes) is a specialized medical study examining the pathological impact of alcohol consumption on the human visual system. The investigation focuses primarily on three aspects of ocular health: the optic nerve, the muscles responsible for eye movement, and the blood vessels that supply the eye.