 If their critics are reliable the basic conceptions of Gnostic cosmology are to be found in Cathar beliefs (most distinctly in their notion of a lesser, Satanic, creator god), though they did not apparently place any special relevance upon knowledge ("gnosis") as an effective salvific force.The Quran, like Gnostic cosmology, makes a sharp distinction between this world and the afterlife.God is commonly thought of as being beyond human comprehension.