al-Ḥuwayzī, ʿAbd ʿAlī b. Jumʿa al-ʿArūsī, was an exegete, Imāmī jurist and traditionist of the 11th/17th century, best known for his Qurʾān exegesis Nūr al-thaqalayn.
His nisba refers to Ḥuwayza (also Huwayza or Ḥawīza), a town in Khūzistān, where he was born. His family moved to Shīrāz when he was young, and he remained there into adulthood. Although al-Ḥuwayzī became prominent, there is little surviving information about his teachers or students. One teacher was the chief judge (qāḍī al-quḍāt) ʿIzz al-Dīn ʿAlī Naqī b. Muḥammad Hāshim al-Kamarahʾī al-Farāhānī al-Shīrāzī …