On the Hermeneutics of the Light Verse of the Quran

This work marks the meeting point of four different traditions of the Quranic commentary: philosophical, Sufi, Shi'ite and theological. It also presents Mulla Sadra al-Shirazi's metaphysical commentary and records the earlier commentaries on the Light Verse. It is significant from the point of view of both the history of Quranic commentary and Islamic Philosophy. The most outstanding characteristic of Mulla Sadra's hermeneutic of the Light Verse is that he explains the meaning of light by establishing its metaphysics, encompassing ontology, cosmology, epistemology, psychology and spiritual wayfaring.