Abstract
Rumi’s work called Masnavi-ye-Ma‘navi, which consists of approximately 26 thousand couplets and six volumes, is one of the most annotated works in Turkish literature. From past to present, many commentaries have been written on Masnavi-ye-Ma‘navi in various volumes. Pir Muhammed Mevlevi is also one of the 17th century Masnavi-ye-Ma‘navi commentators. There is no doubt that Pir Muhammed Mevlevi, whose life we cannot find detailed information about in classical works, influenced the Masnavi commentators after him. So much so that in the Masnavi commentaries written after Hazinetü’l-Ebrar, the phrase Can-ı Alem, which is its pseudonym, is mentioned. Hazinetü’l-Ebrar, written by Pir Muhammed Mevlevi, is one of the 17th century Masnavi-ye-Ma‘navi annotations. There is different information in the sources about the copies of Hazinetü'l-Ebrar. Some researchers said that Pir Muhammad commented on the first four volumes of the Masnavi, but the copies of the first two volumes could not be reached and he completed the Masnavi in 1026/1617 under the name Hazinetü’l-Ebrar. Some researchers have said that Hazinetü’l-Ebrar is only an annotation of the fourth volume of Masnavi. Some researchers say that Pir Muhammed completed the commentary of the 4th volume in 1617 and died in the same year. However, recent academic studies prove that Pir Muhammed Mevlevi also wrote annotations on the sixth volume of Masnavi. According to the information in the “temme” part of the 4th volume of Hazinetü’l-Ebrar, the work was completed at the end of Muharram at the beginning of Hijri 1026. This date corresponds to January or February of 1617 Gregorianly. In this study, brief information about Hazinetü’l-Ebrar is given, and the form of guidance in the 216th verse of the Surah Baqara, which is most mentioned in the 4th volume of Hazinetü’l-Ebrar, has been tried to be determined. The most mentioned verse in the 4th volume of Hazinetü’l-Ebrar is the 216th verse of the chapter of Baqara. In our study, the leaf numbers in the Pertev Pasha copy were taken as a basis to indicate the places of the verses. In order to indicate where and for what purpose the 216th verse of Surah al-Baqara is used, the verses have been tried to be evaluated by giving them in the context in which they are used.