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==Works== {{Sufism}} Nasr is the author of over fifty books<ref name=":0" /> and five hundred articles (a number of which can be found in the journal, [[Studies in Comparative Religion]]) [http://www.studiesincomparativereligion.com/public/authors/Seyyed%20Hossein_Nasr.aspx Seyyed Hossein Nasr Author Page] on topics such as [[Traditionalist School|Traditionalist]] metaphysics, Islamic science, religion and the environment, Sufism, and Islamic philosophy. He has written works in [[Persian language|Persian]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]].{{sfn|Jawad |2005 |p=50}} Listed below are most of Nasr's works in English (in chronological order), including translations, edited volumes, and [[Festschrift]]en in his honor: ;As author * ''[[An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines|An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines: Conceptions of Nature and Methods Used for Its Study by the Ikhwan al-Safa, al-Biruni, and Ibn Sina]]'' (1964) * ''[[Three Muslim Sages|Three Muslim Sages: Avicenna—Suhrawardi—Ibn Arabi]]'' (1964) * ''[[Ideals and Realities of Islam]]'' (1966) * ''[[Science and Civilization in Islam]]'', with a preface by [[Giorgio de Santillana]] (1968) * ''Islamic Studies: Essays on Law and Society, the Sciences, and Philosophy and Sufism'' (1967) * ''[[The Encounter of Man and Nature|The Encounter of Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man]]'' (1968) * ''Sufi Essays'' (1972) * ''Islam and the Plight of Modern Man'' (1975) * ''Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study'', with photographs by Roland Michaud (1976) * ''Sadr al-Din Shirazi and His Transcendent Theosophy: Background, Life and Works'', 2nd edition (1977) *{{cite book | last=| first= | date=1989| title=[[Knowledge and the Sacred]] (The Gifford Lectures) |location= | publisher=State University of New York Press|ref={{sfnref|Knowledge and the Sacred|1989}} |url=|isbn=978-0-7914-0177-4}} Download [http://alhassanain.org/english/?com=book&id=731 KNOWLEDGE AND THE SACRED] * ''Islamic Life and Thought'' (1981) * ''Islamic Art and Spirituality'' (1986)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/sacred-web-conference-contemplates-role-religion-secular-age|title=Sacred Web Conference contemplates the role of religion in a secular age|website=The Vancouver Observer|access-date=2016-04-01|archive-date=2016-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415211204/http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/sacred-web-conference-contemplates-role-religion-secular-age|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''[[Traditional Islam In The Modern World|Traditional Islam in the Modern World]]'' (1987) *{{cite book | last=| first= | date=1991| title=Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man |location= | publisher=Kazi|ref={{sfnref|Man and Nature|1991}} |isbn=978-1871031652}} * ''[[A Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World]]'' (1993) *{{cite book | last=| first= | date=1993| title=[[The Need for a Sacred Science]] |location= | publisher=State University of New York Press|ref={{sfnref|The Need for a Sacred Science|1993}} |isbn=978-0-7914-1518-4}} * ''The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia'', edited by Mehdi Aminrazavi (1994) * ''Muhammad: Man of God'' (1995) *{{cite book | last=| first= | date=1996| title=[[Religion and the Order of Nature]] (The 1994 Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham) |location= | publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|ref={{sfnref|Religion and the Order of Nature|1996}} |isbn=978-0195108231}} * ''Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization'' (2001) * ''[[The Heart of Islam|The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity]]'' (2002)[http://alhassanain.org/english/?com=book&id=753 , Free Download] * ''[[Islamic Philosophy from its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy]]'' (2006) *{{cite book | last=| first= | date=2008| title=[[The Garden Of Truth|The Garden of Truth: The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition]] |location= | publisher=HarperOne|ref={{sfnref|The Garden of Truth|2008}} |isbn=978-0061625992}} *{{cite book | last=| first= | date=2007| title=The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr |location= |editor-first=William |editor-last=Chittick |publisher=World Wisdom|ref={{sfnref|The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr|2007}} |isbn=978-1933316383}} * ''[[Islam in the Modern World]]'' (2012) ;'''<small>Poetry</small>''' * ''Poems of the Way''; put to music by [[Sami Yusuf]] in ''Songs of the Way (vol. 1)'' (1999) * ''The Pilgrimage of Life and the Wisdom of Rumi: Poems and Translations'' (2007) ;As editor * ''An Annotated Bibliography of Islamic Science'', edited with William Chittick and Peter Zirnis (3 vols., 1975) * ''Isma'ili Contributions to Islamic Culture'' (1977) * ''The Essential Frithjof Schuon'' (1986) * ''Shi'ism: Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality'', edited with Seyyed [[Vali Reza Nasr]] and [[Hamid Dabashi]] (1988) * ''[[Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History]]'', edited with Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr and Hamid Dabashi (1989) * ''Islamic Spirituality'' (Vol. 1: Foundations, 1987; Vol. 2: Manifestations, 1990) * ''Religion of the Heart: Essays Presented to Frithjof Schuon on his Eightieth Birthday'', edited with [[William Stoddart]] (1991) * ''In Quest of the Sacred: The Modern World in the Light of Tradition,'' edited with Katherine O'Brien (1994) * ''History of Islamic Philosophy'', edited with [[Oliver Leaman]] (1995) * ''Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant: The Holiest Cities of Islam'', photographs by [[Kazuyoshi Nomachi]]; essay by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1997) * ''An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia'', edited with Mehdi Aminrazavi (5 vols., 1st in 1999) * ''The Essential Sophia'', edited with Katherine O'Brien (2006) * ''[[The Study Quran]]'' (Editor-in-Chief); [[Caner Dagli]], [[Maria Dakake]], and [[Joseph E. B. Lumbard|Joseph Lumbard]] (General editors); [[Mohammed Rustom]] (Assistant editor) (2015) ;As translator * ''Shi'ite Islam'' by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i * ''The Book of Metaphysical Penetrations'' by Mulla Sadra (edited, introduced, and annotated by [[İbrahim Kalın|Ibrahim Kalin]]) ;Works about Nasr * ''The Works of Seyyed Hossein Nasr Through His Fortieth Birthday'', edited by [[William Chittick]] * ''Knowledge is Light: Essays in Honor of Seyyed Hossein Nasr'', edited by Zailan Moris * ''Beacon of Knowledge – Essays in Honor of Seyyed Hossein Nasr'', edited by Mohammad Faghfoory * ''Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences'' (second part of the book), by Ali Zaidi * ''Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy: The Thought of John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr'', by [[Adnan Aslan]] * ''From the Pen of Seyyed Hossein Nasr: A Bibliography of His Works Through His Eightieth Year'', edited by Nicholas Boylston, Oludamini Ogunnaike, and Syed A.H. Zaidi * ''Islam and Modernity: Dissecting the Thought of Seyyed Hossein Nasr: A Discourse on the Compatibility or Incompatibility of Islam with Modernity'' (Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011) by Musa Yusuf Owoyemi * Thinking Between Islam and the West: The Thoughts of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Bassam Tibi and Tariq Ramadan by Chi-chung (Andy) Yu * ''Traditional Islamic Environmentalism: The Vision of Seyyed Hossein Nasr'' (University Press of America, 2013) by Tarik M. Quadir <!-- PLEASE RESPECT ALPHABETICAL ORDER --> ;Interviews <small>'''Books'''</small> *{{cite book |last=Iqbal |first=Muzaffar |author-link= |date=2009 |title=Islam, Science, Muslims, and Technology |url= |location=Islamabad |publisher=Dost |page= |isbn=978-0-9738744-2-6}} *{{cite book |last=Jahanbegloo |first=Ramin |author-link= |date=2010 |title=[[In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation with Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought]] |url= |location=Santa Barbara, CA |publisher=Praeger |page= |isbn=978-0-31338-324-3}} *{{cite book |last=El-Zein |first=Amira|author-link= |date=2025 |title=Return to the Eternal Abode: Sufi Dialogues with Seyyed Hossein Nasr |url= |location=Albany, NY |publisher=State University of New York Press |page= |isbn=979-885580077-7}} '''<small>Articles</small>''' * {{cite web|title=Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2003/02/07/february-7-2003-seyyed-hossein-nasr-on-islam/1047/|author=Bob Abernethy (''Religion & Ethics Newsweekly'')|website=[[PBS]] |language=en|date=7 February 2003|access-date=25 September 2021}} * {{cite web|title=Seyyed Hossein Nasr Extended Interview|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2003/02/07/february-7-2003-seyyed-hossein-nasr-extended-interview/8077/|author=Bob Abernethy (''Religion & Ethics Newsweekly'')|website=[[PBS]] |language=en|date=7 February 2003|access-date=25 September 2021}} * {{cite web|title=Scripture, Society, and Traditional Wisdom: An Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr|url=https://iccnc.org/news/NEWS/2017/01/scripture-society-traditional-wisdoman-interview-seyyed-hossein-nasr|author=Michael Barnes Norton (''Journal of Philosophy & Scripture'', Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California)|language=en|date=Autumn 2004|access-date=25 September 2021}} * {{Cite journal|date=Winter 2006|title=On the Question of Biological Origins|url=https://cis-ca.org/_media/pdf/2006/2/TEM_temotqobo.pdf|journal=Islam & Science|language=en|volume=4|issue=2|pages=181–197|ref={{sfnref|On the question of biological origins|2006}}}} * {{cite web|title=Interview with Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr|url=https://muslimheritage.com/interview-with-prof-seyyed-hossein-nasr/|author=Kaleem Hussain (''Muslim Heritage'')|language=en|date=26 May 2009|access-date=25 September 2021}}. * {{cite web|title=On Nature, Beauty, and Transcendence: An Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr|url=https://fountainmagazine.com/2009/issue-69-may-june-2009/on-nature-beauty-and-transcendence-an-interview-with-seyyed-hossein-nasr|author=Mustafa Tabanli (''The Fountain Magazine'')|language=en|date=May 2009|access-date=25 September 2021}} *{{cite journal |last1=Kahteran |first1=Nevad |date=July 2009|title=Interviews with the Precursors of Knowledge: The Interview with Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr |journal=Katha. Journal of the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya |volume=5 |issue=|pages=69–77 |doi= |url=https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/KATHA/article/view/10554/7463|access-date=24 September 2021}} * {{cite web|title=Islamic Pedagogy: An Interview|author=Islam & Science Journal|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Islamic+pedagogy%3A+an+interview-a0298172723|date=Summer 2010|access-date=25 September 2021}} * {{cite web|title=Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr|url=https://medium.com/@natella.speranskaya/interview-with-seyyed-hossein-nasr-3969011e8a5|first=Natella|last=Speranskaya|language=en|date=2013|access-date=25 September 2021}} *{{cite journal |last1=|first1= |last2= |first2= |date=Autumn 2013|title=Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Religion & the Environment |journal=Newsletter Georgetown University, Qatar |volume=15 |issue=|pages=1 + 8–11 |url=https://www.academia.edu/23436187 |doi= |access-date=24 September 2021}} * {{cite web|title=Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Interview|url=https://www.silene.ong/en/documentation-centre/quotations-of-wisdom/seyyed-hossein-nasr/|author=Ali Lakhani (''The Sacred Web Conference'', Vancouver)|language=en|date=27 April 2014|access-date=25 September 2021}} * {{cite web|title=Interview with Sufi Scholar, Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr|url=https://iccnc.org/news/NEWS/2016/11/interview-with-sufi-scholar-dr-seyyed-hossein-nasr|author=Colin Christopher (Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California)|language=en|date=November 2016|access-date=25 September 2021}} * {{cite web|title=Role of Thinking in Islam: Past, Present, and Future|url=https://boniuk.rice.edu/role-thinking-islam-past-present-and-future|author=Sahil Badruddin (Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance)|language=en|date=Autumn 2019|access-date=25 September 2021}}
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