Derleme

The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr

Cilt: 30 Sayı: 2 25 Haziran 2026
PDF İndir
TR EN

The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr

Öz

This study examines the life, works, and, in particular, the sectarian identity of Farid al-Din Attar, one of the most influential figures of thirteenth-century Islamic thought and Sufi literature, whose affiliation has long been debated in academic scholarship. Attar’s sectarian belonging has become open to speculation primarily through works such as Mazhar al-Ajaib and Heaft Vadi, which were attributed to him by Shi‘i biographical writers but have been shown by modern research to be apocryphal. Although these claims are generally grounded in the pronounced devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt and the gnostic attachment to Ali evident in Attar’s writings, Mantiq al-Tayr, regarded as his principal masterpiece, provides doctrinal clarity with respect to these debates. The article offers a detailed analysis of the eulogies composed by Attar for the Four Caliphs (the Rightly Guided Caliphs) in the preface of Mantiq al-Tayr. While portraying Abu Bakr as the center of loyalty and Sufi spiritual authority, Umar as the criterion of justice and truth, Uthman as a source in which modesty and knowledge converge, and Ali as the gate of spiritual authority and gnosis, Attar remains faithful to the hierarchical and historical framework of legitimacy upheld by the Sunni Islamic tradition. His understanding of Sunnism is not confined to a narrow juridical framework; rather, it is grounded in a gnostic perspective shaped by the Khurasan-Nishapur milieu, one that places devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt at its core and reconciles the concept of spiritual authority with Sunni creed. As a result, the study demonstrates that although Attar employs a suprasectarian language, he emerges as one of the most significant representatives of the Sunni Sufi paradigm at the level of fundamental belief.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

  1. Altıntaş, H. (1986). Tasavvuf tarihi. Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Yayınları.
  2. Aşkar, M. (2012). Feridüddin-i Attâr’ın tasavvuf anlayışı. Araşan Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü İlmî Dergisi, 13(14), 5-10.
  3. Atay, T. (1996). Batı’da bir nakşi cemaati: Şeyh Nâzım Kıbrısî örneği. İletişim Yayınları.
  4. Attar, F. (1947). İlahiname (A. Gölpınarlı, Çev.). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Yayınları.
  5. Attâr, F. (2020). Mantık al-tayr (A. Gölpınarlı, Çev.). Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
  6. Attâr, F. (with Uludağ, Süleyman, S.). (1984). Tezkiretü’l-evliya. İlim ve Kültür Yayınları.
  7. ʻAṭṭār, F. al-Dīn (with Homerin, T. E.). (2009). Farid ad-Din ʻAttār’s memorial of God’s friends: Lives and sayings of sufis (P. E. Losensky, Çev.). Paulist Press.
  8. ʻAṭṭār, F. al-Dīn. (2012). Esrarname (M. Kanar, Çev.). Ayrıntı.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi

Bölüm

Derleme

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Haziran 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

1 Ocak 2026

Kabul Tarihi

11 Haziran 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 30 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Sever, M. (2026). The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences, 30(2), 440-454. https://doi.org/10.53487/atasobed.1853619
AMA
1.Sever M. The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences. 2026;30(2):440-454. doi:10.53487/atasobed.1853619
Chicago
Sever, Mehmet. 2026. “The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr”. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences 30 (2): 440-54. https://doi.org/10.53487/atasobed.1853619.
EndNote
Sever M (01 Haziran 2026) The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences 30 2 440–454.
IEEE
[1]M. Sever, “The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr”, Current Perspectives in Social Sciences, c. 30, sy 2, ss. 440–454, Haz. 2026, doi: 10.53487/atasobed.1853619.
ISNAD
Sever, Mehmet. “The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr”. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences 30/2 (01 Haziran 2026): 440-454. https://doi.org/10.53487/atasobed.1853619.
JAMA
1.Sever M. The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences. 2026;30:440–454.
MLA
Sever, Mehmet. “The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr”. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences, c. 30, sy 2, Haziran 2026, ss. 440-54, doi:10.53487/atasobed.1853619.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Sever. The Conception of Sunnism and Debates on Sectarian Identity in Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr. Current Perspectives in Social Sciences. 01 Haziran 2026;30(2):440-54. doi:10.53487/atasobed.1853619

Content of this journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License
29909