>In spite of its largely Christian character, Gnosticism had a decided influence on Islam, especially on its mystical schools, such as Sufism and the Isma'iliya sect. The prophet Muhammad himself may even have been acquainted with some aspects of Gnosticism, for Gnostic religious groups were plentiful in his time, and people belonging to
these frequently converted to Islam. The prophet of Islam is credited with saying that the Christians destroyed the true gospels of Jesus and substituted corrupt ones instead. Could he have been referring to the Gnostic gospels? Possibly so. The great Sufi master Shurawardi, in Philosophy of Illumination (1 186), freely acknowledged the Platonic and Gnostic sources of his illumination. To this day, the Gnostic element in Sufism is there for all to see.

I always thought that Islam and Gnosticism were vaguely similar, They both have skepticism over Christianity's authenticity, But they don't align well in the Dualism, But regardless I believe Islam has a lot of hindsight from Gnosticism

>Gnosticism had a decided influence on Islam, especially on its mystical schools, such as
Sufism and the Isma'iliya sect. The prophet Muhammad himself may
even have been acquainted with some aspects of Gnosticism, for Gnostic
religious groups were plentiful in his time, and people belonging to
these frequently converted to Islam. The prophet of Islam is credited
with saying that the Christians destroyed the true gospels of Jesus and
substituted corrupt ones instead. Could he have been referring to the
Gnostic gospels? Possibly so. The great Sufi master Shurawardi, in
Philosophy of Illumination (1 186), freely acknowledged the Platonic
and Gnostic sources of his illumination. To this day, the Gnostic element in Sufism is there for all to see

I always felt that Gnosticism had a huge influence on Islam and always found that Islam at the least sees the World rather in a more spiritual sense than just a survival sense