The simplest form of human cognition is sensory perception. Through the five senses, humans grasp external objects and gain knowledge of them. However, the process by which this knowledge occurs and is acquired has been the subject of diverse perspectives. This paper, employing a descriptive-analytical method, examines this topic by discussing the views of three prominent Islamic philosophers: Ibn Sīnā, Suhrawardī, and Mullā Ṣadrā. Ibn Sīnā advocates the theory of imprinting (inṭibāʿ) in the case of vision and applies it universally to all sensory perceptions. But Suhrawardī asserts that the soul, with its luminous authority and after coming into contact with the perceptible object through the sensory organs, becomes present in the locus of sensory organs and perceives it directly and intuitively. Mullā Ṣadrā, however, considers interaction with the perceptible object as merely preparatory. The soul, after being affected through sensory interaction with the external object, attains the capacity to generate a form corresponding to that object within itself. It seems, however, that while Suhrawardī’s explanation requires further clarification and extension, it is more accurate. Meanwhile, Mullā Ṣadrā's account, though valid, addresses imaginative perception.