Muhsen Feyz Kashani

Muhsen Feyz Kashani is an Iranian Muslim philosopher and Muhaddith (d. 1680). He is the son in-law and pupil of Mulla Sadra. He was a prolific writer in both Persian and Arabic, with a bibliography of more than a hundred and twenty titles. One of his famous work is "Mohjat-al-Beyza" which is entirely rewritten of the "Ihya' ulum al-din" (Revival of Religious Sciences), the great work by al-Ghazali, from the Shia point of view. Another of his great works, 'Ayn al-yaqin, The Certitude of the Eye-witness, is a personal synthesis which complements his great commentary on the Quran. [Corbin (1993), p.344]

His other works are "Abwab-ol-Jenan" (the doors of the Paradise), "the comment of Safi" ,"the comment of Asfi", "Wafi" (on exposition of Usul Kafi), "Shafi", (the thing which cures), Mafati'h (The keys), , Asrar-o-ssalat (the secrets of the prayers), Elm-ol yaghin (certain knowledge) on the principles of the religion, The exposition on astronomy, "Safina-to-nejat" (the ship of relief), the exposition on the Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, "Tarjomat-ol salat" (the translation of prayer)(in Persian), "The translation of Taharat" (the purification mentally and physically), Translations of the ideas, The "list of the sciences" and Divan of poems. There are some 13000 lines of poems in his works. [ [http://www2.irib.ir/occasions/Feiz%20Kashani%5Cfeiz%20kashani.en.HTM Biography] ]

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*cite book|last=Corbin|first=Henry|authorlink=Henry Corbin|coauthors=|title=History of Islamic Philosophy, Translated by Liadain Sherrard, Philip Sherrard|publisher=London; Kegan Paul International in association with Islamic Publications for The Institute of Ismaili Studies |year=1993 (original French 1964)|isbn=0710304161