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At this point, Ghazali word light is related to the
asserts that the title Light can ocular system. For example,
be only attributed to the Iranian people often use the
objects of the third category. expression “the light of vision”
These objects have the faculty where they want to say that a
of appearance (Zohour) and blind person or a man, in a
appearing (Ezhar). Ghazali state of old age, loses “the
specifies that: light of his eye”; But Ghazali
The nature of light and does not limit humans’ ability
its intelligibility, therefore, to see to their ocular system, in
consist in being apparent the material and physical sense.
to perception; But perception He points out that man is
is subordinated both to equally provided with another
the existence of light interior organism to see and
and to that of the eye discern things. According to
endowed with sight. him, this inner eye can be
Light is that which is called the intellect. In Iranian
apparent and which makes gnostic and Persian-speaking
it appear; But for the literature, this means of
blind, no light is apparent knowledge is translated by the
or makes it appear. term the Eye of the Heart.
So the name “Light” By comparing the capabilities
deserves more to be of physical vision with those
applied to what sees of the metaphysical and spiritual
rather than to what is vision, Ghazali enumerates the
seen. (Ghazali, 1924: 39) seven limits of the primitive
meaning of human vision.
The Notion of “Light” According to him, the external
Interpreted in “The Niche vision or the material eye of
of the Lights” human being suffers from
Ghazali reminds us that even these seven defects:
in the Persian language, the
