What is the Qur’an: A Contemporary Contribution to The History of the Qur’an

Year 2023, Issue: 13, 1591 - 1611, 31.12.2023

Bilal Deliser

https://doi.org/10.51531/korkutataturkiyat.1397482

Abstract

This study is an attempt to find out the contributions of Ömer Riza Doğrul (1893-1952) to the history of the Qur’an through his work What is the Qur’an. Although the author has many works, God’s Commandment: Translation and Commentary of the Holy Qur’an has not been studied independently. On this occasion, with this work, which is small in volume and large in content, the author has been brought to the attention of contemporary researchers. In Orientalist studies, the debate on the preservation of the Qur’an/the authenticity of the text has been discussed under the headings such as the writing and preservation of the Qur’an at the time of the Prophet, the gathering of the Qur’an in the times of Hazrat Abu Bakr (d. 13/634) and Hazrat Uthman (d. 35/656), the appointment and reproduction of the Imam’s Mushaf, the Companion Mushafs, the Seven Letters and the Qiraats. All these subjects constitute the literature we call “History of the Qur’an” today and examine the textualisation process of the Qur’an. Since the first three chapters of Ömer Riza Doğrul’s What is the Qur’an are completely devoted to these issues, it deserves to be called a contemporary “History of the Qur’an” work. It is understood that the work was also written as a response to the orientalists. It is seen that today, as in the past, the claims and scepticism of the orientalists about the Qur’an persistently continue.

Keywords

History, Qur’an, tafsir, orientalist, Ömer Riza Doğrul.

Kur’ân Nedir: Kur’ân Tarihine Çağdaş Bir Katkı

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Ömer Rıza Doğrul’un (1893-1952) Kur’ân Nedir adlı eseri üzerinden Kur’ân tarihine katkılarına ulaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Müellifin pek çok eseri olmasına rağmen, Tanrı Buyruğu: Kur’ân-ı Kerîm’in Tercüme ve Tefsiri hariç diğer eserleri üzerinde müstakil çalışmalar yapılmamıştır. Bu vesile ile hacmi küçük muhtevası büyük olan bu eseri ile yazar çağdaş araştırmacıların dikkatine sunulmuştur. Oryantalist çalışmalarda Kur’ân’ın korunmuşluğu/metnin sıhhati tartışması; Kur’ân’ın Hz. Peygamber zamanında yazılması ve muhafaza edilmesi, Hz. Ebû Bekr (öl.13/634) ve Hz. Osman (öl.35/656) zamanlarında cem edilmesi ve İmam Mushaf’ının tayin ve çoğaltılması, sahabe Mushafarı, Yedi Harf ve Kıraatler gibi başlıkları altında tartışılmıştır. Bu başlıklarda yer alan konuların tamamı bugün “Kur’ân Tarihi” dediğimiz literatürü oluşturmakta olup Kur’ân’ın metinleşme sürecini incelemektedir. Ömer Rıza Doğrul’un Kur’ân Nedir? Adlı eserinin ilk üç bölümü tamamen bu konulara ayrıldığı için çağdaş bir “Kur’ân Tarihi” eseri olarak isimlendirmeyi hak edecek niteliktedir. Eserin aynı zamanda oryantalistlere bir cevap olarak yazıldığı anlaşılmaktadır. Dün olduğu gibi bugün de müsteşriklerin Kur’ân hakkında ileri sürdükleri iddialarını ve kuşkularını ısrarla devam ettirdikleri görülmektedir.

Keywords

Tarih, Kur’an, tefsir, müsteşrik, Ömer Rıza Doğrul.

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