Molla Sadra on the Role of Reason in Perceiving Quranic Verses

Molla Sadra is counted among those of special approach toward the limits of reason in perceiving Quran as a Divinely revealed text. He views Divine law as something not separable from reason and Quran as something reasonable. The role of reason, therefore, in his principles and philosophical rules is considerable. He considers deep thinking on Quranic verses to be linked to deep thinking on the world of existence. In this way, Sadra introduces Quran as a light in the shadow of which the origion and the end and the reality of beings become attainable and visible for man. Molla Sadra believes in a degree of inner aspect for Quran in accordance with human perfection grades. For him, super man would be of consider degrees of perfection with regard to reason. Sadra knows using reason as an essential ground for perceiving the truth and inner meaning of Quran. On such a basis, hermeneutics is essential for interpreting Quran and is counted as a vast field for perceiving the true meaning of it.