Turkish Commentaries Of Mathnawi
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Commentaries are works that are written on generally concise texts that have become famous in a branch of science, in which closed expressions are explained, incomplete matters are completed, errors are pointed out, and examples are multiplied. However, commentaries were also written on some voluminous works due to their importance and the presence of obscure or incomprehensible parts.
The Masnavi, written by Mawlana Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī, has been the subject of many translations and commentaries over a wide period of time due to its depth of meaning. Since the day it was written, the Masnavi has influenced the world of Sufism as well as world literature. For this reason, many people have written translations and commentaries to understand and explain the Masnavi. These commentaries were written on all six volumes of the Masnavi, as well as on several volumes or a single volume. There are also commentaries on the first eighteen couplets or selected couplets of the Masnavi.
In the history of Turkish literature, there are very valuable works among the commentaries of the Masnavi. Among these commentaries, there are both Turkish and Persian ones. The first Turkish commentary written for the entire Masnavi is Şerh-i Mesnevî by Şem'î Şem'ullâh. After this commentary, many commentaries have been written and continue to be written.
Although numerous works on the Masnavi have been written in Turkey and around the world, academic studies on Mevlana and the Masnavi have increased in recent years. Although studies on the Masnavi have been conducted on the same subject but in different years, these studies are necessary to correct the information in previous studies as a result of the emergence of new information.
This book has been prepared with the contributions of valuable researchers in honor of the year 2023 being declared as the Year of Mevlana by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and the 750th anniversary of the Prophet Mevlana. In addition, the emergence of new information about the Turkish commentaries of the Masnavi and the fact that new commentaries have been or are being studied have also led to the preparation of this book.
This book titled "The Turkish Commentaries of the Masnavi" consists of two parts; "General Evaluation of the Turkish Commentaries of the Masnavi", "Manzum or Prose Turkish Commentaries of the Masnavi" and "Authors' Biographies". The first part of the book consists of an article by Ziya Avşar and Betül Zeybek. The second part titled "Manzum or Mensur Turkish Commentaries of the Masnavi" contains information about the commentaries of the Masnavi from the beginning to the present day. After the second chapter, there are the biographies of the valuable authors who contributed to this book with their writings.
In our study, the articles of valuable researchers on the subject are listed chronologically from old to new. The researchers are free to use language and spelling in their articles, and the sources they used are included at the end of their articles.
We hope that this book will contribute to the study of the Masnavi and we thank all the researchers who contributed to the book with their articles.
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