Science, a sacred phenomenon (A Survey of Professor Nasr's Opinions about Islamic Sciences)

All the pillars of tradition originate from the “sacred existence” and proceed towards it, hence they gain sacred color. The traditional knowledge, as the most fundamental pillar of tradition, especially in the Islamic tradition which renders knowledge a supreme status, is mingled with sacredness and is named “sacred knowledge”. The Islamic knowledge is based on two principles. Since the One-God principle is given the highest dignity in Islam, all the components of the Islamic culture, civilization and thought are based on it. The Islamic Knowledge also, in its own turn, develops on that very basis and has no other aim but the manifestation of unity and oneness in all phenomena and reflection of God’s uniqueness beyond them all.Furthermore, the Islamic sciences are based on the linear hierarchical principle of the world and truth, though they share this with the sacred sciences existing within other traditions.