Islam and Stainable Development

The purpose of this paper is to investigate sustainable development from the perspective of Islam. Muslims believe that Islam is a religion that considers all aspects of human life. Thus, the components of sustainable development can be viewed fromthe perspective of religious doctrine on this issue. Sustainable development can be defined as the process of conscious use of natural resources, future generation can take benefit from better and high quality living, continuous improvement of living standards and sustainable environment. In fact, the concept of sustainable development is considered as a response to the human need that creates abalancebetweenenvironmentalprotection and socio-economic development. Thus, according to the importance of sustainable development, in this paper features and aspects related to sustainable development from the position of Islam will be addressed. This study is a text analyzing investigation and pays attention to importance of three issues of society, economy and environment from the view point of Islam, that are the main building components of above-mentioned concept. At the end, it will be mentioned that these components is taken into consideration in Islam and since the Islamic community is much more familiar with language of religion rather than language of science, using the religious language is effective in guiding individuals and society toward sustainable development.