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According to the Holy Quran, man�s spirit has a meta-historical essence and it has been conceived by the Quran as the Divine breath enshrined within the material existence of man. Spirit being the divine element within the man, is capable of experiencing and interiorizing the divine noumenon within the entire cosmic phenomena including man�s own being. This insight into the divine signs both inward and outward is a clear example of the Quranic tendency towards interiorizing the mystical experiences within the recesses of man�s inner self. Quranic concept of spirituality does not believe in the hyper-mystical tendencies like the ones expounded in neo-platonic or non-Semitic traditions, but it takes lead even from the material world and sees each and every cosmic phenomenon as a definitive sign of Divine creative wisdom and thus urges man to pass on from material towards the spiritual. By recognizing the divine creative principle in the outer cosmos and within man�s inner self, man�s predilections are directed by the Quran towards the realization of the absolute Divine truth-the truth which can neither be analyzed nor synthesized but experienced at a deeper intuitive level. The current study will try to see that how Quran wants a believer to gather the signs of Divine creative wisdom both within his own spirit and within the extended cosmos, and how it blends both the streams of exoteric and esoteric experiences towards a deeper realization of the absolute Divine truth, that there is no god but God. It will also be tryst towards showcasing the fact that religion is not a merely a mode of denominational learning or a mere intellectual discourse, but it has to be lived by man and realized by the dint of entire being and existence.