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- Title
SULTAN I. AHMED'E SUNULAN NUR-I MUHAMMEDÎ KONULU BİR ESER: NÛR-NÂME.
- Authors
AÇIK, Turan; KAÇAR, Mücahit
- Abstract
The term of Nûr-ı Muhammedî, sometimes is expressed in Nûr-ı Muhammediyye, used to refer to the Prophet Muhammad's spiritual personality in the mystical works. These two terms refer to the Prophet Muhammad is first and foremost, the universe was created from it, and hence the Prophet Mohammed is source of virtues. The idea of Nûr-ı Muhammedî, not only in the mystical scholars' works like İbnü'l-Arabî, is found in the basic İslamic books read by the wider public in Ottoman Empire. This idea, shared by all layers of Ottoman society, can be considered as the main point of Ottoman's knowledge understanding. Nûr-nâme which are subject to this study and shows the feature of siyer and mawlid works, was written by Cafer Iyânî, one of the authors of 16th century. In Nûr-nâme, there is information about the idea of Nûr-ı Muhammedîas well as the virtues of the Prophet Muhammad and the work is noteworthy in this respect. In this study, After giving brief information about the idea of Nûr-ı Muhammedî, the author and Nûrnâme will be informed. Finally, the contribution of this work to attempts understanding the otoman empire will be assessed and then the the text of the Nûr-nâme will be presented.
- Subjects
AHMED, I.; PROPHETS in literature; MYSTICS; MUHAMMAD, Prophet, d. 632; MAWLID al-Nabi; SULTANS; SIXTEENTH century; OTTOMAN Empire
- Publication
Electronic Turkish Studies, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1741
- ISSN
1308-2140
- Publication type
Article