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Despite the fact that Islam being one of/counts among the major religions of the world, scientific progress in Muslim majority countries seems to be lagging behind the rest of the world. Therefore, there have been calls by Muslim scholars and clerics to bridge the gap between Islam and science, especially for young Muslims, by harmonising science and Islam in education. This study aims to analyze the documents pertaining to Islam, Science, and Education (ISE) extracted from the historical literature. For the purpose of analysis, firstly documents were retrieved from a scientific database and secondly, a descriptive analysis of temporal trends was conducted. The documents clustered according to as the time-lined categories were and then analysed qualitatively. Later, using VOS viewer, the analysis of spatial distribution, networks, and keywords was conducted. It was found that the evolution of ISE converged into a broader spectrum from earlier in medicine and later to other areas, which encompassed Qur’ānic studies, social studies and economics, and even technology. The volume of publication versus the network links strength provided evidence that there is a need to stimulate collaborative works by/through knowledge dissemination through/from an authoritative platform for the researches concerning ISE. This study also discovered that some severe biases that might contribute towards the results being skewed in the finding or even underrepresentation of scholarly works in ISE. The findings of this study are beneficial for the researchers reviewing this topic and the educators working to harmonize Islam and science in education.

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