Sastera Islami Menurut Seyyed Hossein Nasr

"It is amazing how much of Islamic literature is really an expansion of certain sayings of the Prophet or commentaries upon certain stories in the Quran in such a way that the whole literature of the Islamic people became impregnated by the values and teachings of the Islamic religion."

(A Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World, p. 110)

Dalam erti kata lain, gagasan sastera Islami merupakan analisa dan resolusi menurut ajaran Islam berdasarkan keperluan semasa umat. Ya, Seyyed Hossein Nasr telah mendefinisikan sastera Islami dengan ringkas tetapi padat sekali.