The Making of Islamic Science provides the necessary background for understanding the contemporary relationship between Islam and modern science. Presenting an authentic discourse on the Islamic understanding of the physical cosmos, the book explores God’s relationship with the created order and and the historical and cultural forces that have defined Muslim attitudes towards science. What was Islamic in the Islamic scientific tradition? How was it rooted in the Qur’anic worldview and whatever happened to it? This ground-breaking exploration of some of the most fundamental questions in the Islam and science discourse, explores the process of appropriation and transformation of the Islamic scientific tradition in Europe during the three centuries leading up to the Scientific Revolution. Order from the publisher