Science and Civilization in Islam English Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Science and Civilization in Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr offers a monumental perspective, presenting Islamic science not as a mere predecessor to Western thought but as an integral and spiritual component of Islamic civilization. Nasr argues that Islamic science was fundamentally structured by the principle of Tawhid (Divine Unity), interconnecting all fields—from cosmology and philosophy to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine—with the sapiential (wisdom) tradition. The book provides a morphological and historical analysis, utilizing original texts to demonstrate that the aim of these sciences was ultimately to contemplate Divine Unity through the study of nature. It uniquely positions Islamic science within a traditionalist framework, stressing its contemplative nature over modern, purely rationalistic approaches.