: آیه نور

Many Quran scholars have long been fascinated by the An-Nur verse. Despite the absolute denial of any similarity between his holy nature and the rest of the cosmos, this monotheistic verse contains metaphorical language. Most Qur'anic interpretations have focused on the idea that there are outside and inner meanings and each interpretation has sought to decipher the meaning of this verse using one of these two ideas. This descriptive-analytical study explores and compares the interpretation of the An-Nur verse by Sharif al-Murtaza, Mulla Sadra, and Sultan Muhammad Sultan Ali Shah Gunabadi with their interpretations. The verse's meaning has been interpreted differently by these interpreters, who have divergent and, at times, contradictory intellectual orientations. Even though all three of them deviate from the apparent meaning, Sharif al-Murtaza interprets the verse by placing the concept of reasonable arguments within the field of the Arabic language and its capacities because the holy word is a type of speech. Mulla Sadra and Gunabadi, on the other hand, are proponents of the inner meaning of the verses and view the Qur'an as a mystical word with a high meaning potential that requires revelation and spiritual internalization to comprehend. The conventional definition of Sharif al-Murtaza's work is a commentary built on logic and language that benefits from his knowledge of both languages and words. Nevertheless, according to Mulla Sadra and Gunabadi, this attempt to comprehend the meaning is more interpretation in applying the verse to multiple and even endless cases.

Ayat al-Nour is among those verses which contain wonderful allegories about a supreme and supernatural truth. In this beautiful allegory, there are mysteries that are sometimes required to be expressed in a symbolic language.Islamic mysticism in the light of the holy Quran and hadiths of the Infallibles (A.S.) is rich and profound in the debates of Ontology and monotheism. With close attention in these teachings, new horizons and broader perspectives are explored.Some of these concepts are the result of absorption and inspiration and some are considered to have the aspects of reasoning and describing, which are acquired in the light of Qurnic instructions. Some main words in this verse include: Nour, Meshkat, Mesbah, Zojageh, Shajareh, Zaitooneh,La sharghiyah, La gharbiyah.These words contain various literal, metaphorical and allegorical implications. This study has been conducted to discuss and analyze the suggested interpretations of Ayat al-Nour by referring to Ibne Arabi’s and molana’s works and the scholar’s analyses, and then to describe and analyze.

One of the important theories of semantics is Cognitive Semantics. Among conceptual structures and processes approached by cognitive semanticists are image schemas. Image schemas are deep structures of cognitive metaphors that make relations between our physical experiences and cognitive fields possible. Based on the container schema, physical experience of being in a container is the base of man's experience of abstract concepts which are understood through this schema. The mystical experiences and concepts that represent being as an abstract thing in the abstract container can be analyzed through container schema and metaphors which are based on this schema. In this research, the concepts and symbols of the Noor (light) verse, the Monotheism Word, the Heart's Approaches, the sea, Eighth Climate and its emerald cities are studied in terms of this schema. Based on the theory of Cognitive Semantics, the man can understand the abstract concepts and esoteric experiences of mysticism in terms of this schema.