Meanwhile, Islamic cultures entered a historical phase in which science was equated with Western influence and eschewed. Even in countries where oil revenues could fuel a significant amount of research, Arab rulers did not encourage such investment, with the result that their societies have not prospered as much as they might have.
与此同时，伊斯兰文化却进入了这样一个历史阶段：科学被等同为西方的影响而被疏远。甚至在石油收入可以支持相当数量的科研的国家，阿拉伯的统治者们也不鼓励这样的投资。其结果使这些社会没有达到其本应达到的繁荣程度。