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Scientific and mathematical branches such as algebra, astronomy and chemistry are, at least in part, made available today due to the Islamic sciences of old. Works by Muslim scientists, popularly known till today, such as Ibn Arabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, have had great influence on the discoveries and progresses within science and shall probably continue to have so for however long science itself carries on.

Moreover, a great phenomenon pertaining to an integration of natural theology and modern science has spread across Muslim culture. More specifically, in light of modern scientific discoveries, Muslims today use science to study what they consider Qur’anic miracles. The intention is to use empirical proof as a foundation for their belief in God. The many books and online resources on this topic are a product of this cultural phenomenon.

They include references to mathematical phenomena in the Qur’anic repetition of words presentation of topics in embryology,18 oceanography,19 astrophysics20 and more. It is another example of how science has proved compatible with Islamic belief and culture. Notwithstanding such compatibility, there remains a great difference between the approach of modern science and that of the traditional Islamic sciences.

Unlike the usual modern scientist, a traditional Muslim scientist’s work was never undergone for the sake of understanding the physical alone. It is the traditional Muslim scientist’s belief that the true function of science is to discover aspects of the real.21 The intention behind their work was to understand the different and higher orders of reality-all in order to gather a better understanding of God. This reality permeates the inherent nature of all things.

It encompasses the sacred symbolism of all facts, the gnosis attainable through the study of creation and the virtually infinite allusions to the supreme oneness of God. The search for sacred knowledge had been a prevalent aspect of science in Muslim lands for centuries.