First published as Monograph Vol. XIX by the Royal Asiatic Society, London 1924.
Part I Al-Ghazzali's Introduction "Light" as Physical Light; as the Eye; as the Intelligence The Koran as the Sun of the Intelligence The Worlds Visible and Invisible: with their Lights These Lights as Lamps Terrestrial and Celestial: with their Order and Grades The Source of all these Grades of Light: ALLAH The Mystic Verity of Verities The "God-Aspect": an "advanced" Explanation of the Relation of these Lights to ALLAH The Relation of these Lights to ALLAH: Simpler Illustrations and Explanation
Part II PROLEGOMENA TO THE EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NICHE, THE LAMP, THE GLASS, THE TREE, THE OIL, AND THE FIRE THE OUTWARD AND THE INWARD IN SYMBOLISM: TYPE AND ANTITYPE The two Worlds: their types and antitypes An Example of Symbolism, from the Story of Abraham in the Koran Fundamental Examples of Symbolism especially from the Story of Moses in the Koran The Permanent Validity of the Outward and Visible Sign: an Example Another Example of this Two-sided and Equal Validity of Outward and Inward THE PSYCHOLOGY OR THE HUMAN SOUL: ITS FIVE FACULTIES OR SPIRITS Part III THE EXPOSITION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE LIGHT-VERSE Epilogue: the Darkness Verse THE EXPOSITION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTY THOUSAND VEILS Those veiled by Pure Darkness Those veiled by mixed Light and Darkness Those veiled by Pure Light The Goal Of the Quest
Part III THE EXPOSITION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE LIGHT-VERSE Epilogue: the Darkness Verse THE EXPOSITION OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTY THOUSAND VEILS Those veiled by Pure Darkness Those veiled by mixed Light and Darkness Those veiled by Pure Light The Goal Of the Quest