The Critical Edition of Tafsīr Sūra al-Tīn by Aģmad b. Idrīs al-Fāsī
Abstract
is paper tackles a critical edition of Tafsīr Sūra al-Tīn written by Aģmad b. Idris
(d. 1253/1837). Aģmad b. Idris lived in the Ottoman period and studied religious
sciences from the scholars of the era. He joined different sūfi tariqas - including
Shādhiliyya, Khiēiriyya, Khalwatiyya - and studied with the sheikhs Abū al-Qāsim
al-Wazīr, ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Šāzī and Ģasan al-Qinā‘ī. He le behind many books
and students. One of his works that has reached us is Tafsīr Sūra al-Tīn.
ere are two copies of this epistle in Turkey's libraries. e first is in the National
Library in Ankara and the second is in the collection of Osman Huldi Ozturkler
in the Suleymaniya Library. e critical edition performed in this study is carried
out by utilizing these two copies, which do not differ from each other significantly.
In terms of content, it is possible to split the writing into two parts: e
beginning which includes an interpretation of verses 1 to 3, is based on a literal
understanding of Qur’an. e second part, which begins with verse 4, focuses on
ish’ārī (esoteric) interpretation. In the first three verses, Aģmad b. Idrīs appears to
have expressed only the opinions of former commentators, whereas he embraces
the Sufi methodology in other verses. In this epistle, Aģmad b. Idrīs deals with a
number of important issues in Sufi thought, including the differences between
reason and feeling (dhawq) as a source of knowledge, the essence and the form of
entities, the manifestation of God in the form of entities, the relationship between
the manifestation of God and recognition of the truth of things, the creation of
mankind in the best form and the reasons for reducing him to the lowest of low.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
December 1, 2016
Submission Date
July 7, 2017
Acceptance Date
September 5, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Number: 36