When man penetrates the mysteries of Nature, the "facts of Nature" become transparent symbols, revealing the "divine energies" and the "angelic" state which fallen man has lost, and which he may recover only for a moment, as when he is enraptured by the beauty of music or of a lovely face. At such moments man forgets his limited self, his individualistic dream, and participates in the cosmic dream, thus becoming freed from the prison of his own carnal soul. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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The idea is that when man has a revelation from which he sees the world as it is, and not as it appears to be, he sees the world as it really is. In other words, science is a window into the divine. The human soul can then reveal its true nature by living in harmony with that truth. In this way, man’s soul is freed from the limitations of his carnal self.

Source: Science Civilization In Islam

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