"Knowledge is the most all-encompassing of the divine attributes, which is to say that “God is Knower of all things” (…"

"The Koran commonly refers to the knowledge brought by the prophets as “remembrance” (dhikr) and “reminder” (dhikra, t…"

"If forgetfulness and heedlessness mark the basic fault of human beings, dhikr (remembrance) designates their saving v…"

"Like the philosophers, Sufis aimed explicitly at overcoming the forgetfulness endemic to the human “soul” or “self” (…"

"The first function of the prophets is to “remind” people of their own divinely given reality. In speaking of this “re…"

"If dhikr represents both the function of the prophets and the proper human response to the prophets, guidance (huda) …"

"To be human is to be born with the fitra, which is an innate recognition of tawhid that is represented mythically by …"

"The idea that human beings recognize tawhid innately is often expressed by using the term fitra, which is commonly tr…"

"In short, already in the Koran and the Hadith, we find the idea that human beings are created with an innate capacity…"

"Few concerns are as central to Islam as the search for knowledge (‘ilm). In the Koran God commands the Prophet, by un…"