ABSTRACT
The first question to pose concerning science education from the Islamic perspective is whether science education is necessary, and only if the answer is in the affirmative, should it then be asked what kind of science education would be in accordance with that perspective. Few Muslims would debate the necessity of education not only for practical ends but as an integral part of Islam as a religion. The root of the Islamic attitude towards nature and the sciences of nature is to be found in the Noble Qur'an and its most important and authoritive commentary which is the Hadith. The Qur'an and Hadith teach us about a cosmos which has a Creator and Sustainer, a beginning and an end. The relation of Islamic science to Islamic revelation must be reinterpreted in the light of Islam and the whole idea of decadence as it was conceived by earlier Western orientalism in the case of Islamic civilization must be reexamined.
