Only in turning to the heart of its teachings will Islam be able to bear witness in this age of forgetfulness to the basic truth about the nature of human beings as creatures destined for the spiritual world with the possibility even in this world of "seeing God everywhere," creatures who are agents of His Will here on earth, bearers of peace, and channels of the waters of compassion that issue from the spring of Life Divine.
— Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Heart of Islam