So, if he was able to doubt it, fiṭrah does not testify to...

So, if he was able to doubt it, fiṭrah does not testify to it and if he was not able to doubt it, it is the dictate of his fiṭrah .”[^4] Instinctive Inclinations As we have stated earlier, intrinsic inclinations are rational and have a sense of sanctity or sacredness ( qidāsah ). This type of inclinations is called “sublime inclinations” in psychology, in contradistinction to “personal inclinations” such as love of oneself, and “social inclinations” such as tribalism and patriotism.

According to psychologists, “sublime inclinations” have four types: Search for the truth . It is also called sense of curiosity and honesty; that is, man intrinsically accepts, searches for the truth and inclines to it. Love of beauty (aesthetics) . Man is naturally inclined to goodness and beauty, and his emotions are stimulated in perceiving whatever is beautiful, and thus bringing particular pleasure to himself.

Archeological evidence testifies that aesthetic values have been in existence since pre-historic times. Love of good or moral inclination . It is one of man’s intrinsic and sublime inclinations; one of the most important points of his distinction to the animals Religious feeling .

It is an intrinsic inclination to a metaphysical and sublime truth; according to psychologists, it is one of the primary and permanent elements of the human soul; it is as fundamental as the sense of beauty, good and right.[^5] Fiṭrah and Search for God As stated earlier, the sense of curiosity and truthfulness is one of the intrinsic inclinations of the human being, and because of this intrinsic guidance, he wants to know the secrets and causes of phenomena.

Just as this intrinsic inclination prompts him to search for the cause of each of the phenomena, it also stimulates him to search for the cause of the totality of phenomena in the universe regarded as a single unit.[^6] Fiṭrah and Inclination to God The human being’s intrinsic inclination to God can be proved in two ways.

One is to study one’s psyche and the behavioral and verbal reactions of others and thereby to identify such inclination and the other is to refer to the views and opinions of scholars, particularly the psychologists. We shall first deal with the first way and explain it in two presentations, viz. love for absolute perfection and hope for a superior power in moments of danger. a.