TY - JOUR AU - Gōkbulut, Zehra AU - Shehu, Fatmir PY - 2022/07/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Exploring Sufi Majālis as a Tradition of Writing Tafsīr in the Seventeenth Century Ottoman Caliphate JF - Al-Risalah: Journal of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (ARJIHS) JA - al-risalah VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - English Articles DO - 10.31436/alrisalah.v6i1.386 UR - https://journals.iium.edu.my/al-risalah/index.php/al-risalah/article/view/386 SP - 22-37 AB - <p>This research paper seeks to examine selected writings of the seventeenth century Ottoman Caliphate on Sufi <em>Majālis</em> as a traditional way of writing <em>Tafsīr,</em> where conversations were held in the form of explanations of verses during the sermons. The aim of this study is to explore the Sufi <em>Majālis </em>style of <em>Tafsīr</em> as a method of guiding the people and explaining the Qur’anic verses to them during the seventeenth century Ottoman Era. This work is very significant as it deals with the analysis of selected examples of <em>Majālis</em> writings produced by Sufis intellectuals, who preached in <em>Masājid</em> during the seventeenth century. Brief bibliography of three selected Sufi scholars is provided, description of their writings is presented, and analysis of selected <em>Majālis</em> cases from their works are discussed. Descriptive and analytical methods are used in the entire paper. The findings of this study provide new insights about Sufi <em>Majālis</em> style of <em>Tafsīr</em> according to the original writings of three selected Muslim scholars, ʿAzīz Maḥmūd Hūdāī, Niyazī Mıṣrī and Ummī Sinānzāde Ced Hasan Efendi, during the seventeenth century Ottoman Caliphate.</p> ER -