In the year 1000 A.C. Cordoba, Spain (formerly known as Al-Andalus) was the largest city on earth. It contained hundreds of libraries, schools and universities. Scholars from Europe, Africa and the Middle East flocked to this enlightened center of civilization and knowledge. The city streets were lit up for miles in any direction and running water was available in every quarter. What was the real story of this vibrant society. This dynamic lecture presents an overview of the development of Islamic Spain, the legacy that Muslims left for the world and the reasons for their amazing rise and fall in this neglected, yet decisive period of history. Dr Abdullah Hakim Quick has travelled to more than 46 countries on lecture, research and educational tours. He embraced Islam in 1970 and thereafter pursued his studies at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he completed a BA from the College of Da’wah and Usul-al-Din. Ge later read for his Masters degree and completed his PhD on the History of Islam in West Africa at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr Abdullah Hakim has served as Imam, teacher and counselor in the USA, Canada and the West Indies. For three years he contributed to the religious page of Canada’s leading newspaper. He is presently an executive member of the Muslim Judicial Council, Cape Town, South Africa. Today’s world is in need of innovative rethinking based on original authentic sources. Dr Abdullah Hakim provides an example of this new, progressive thinking.