Niyâzî Misrî and Işârî works in terms of tafsir

Niyâzî Mısrî lived in the last ages of Ottoman state that was in a cosinderable recession regarding political, administrative and military structures resulting in economic difficulties and deteriotating educational system. He started his scientific education in Malatya, the city where he was born. Afterwards, he visited many cities in Anatolia and attended educational programmes in Egypt to enhence his knowledge. He was a member of the Halvetî sect, a division of Sufism that spread over a wide area after the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. In that century, he became one of the main actors of the religious and intellectual conflicts that occurred as a result of the polarization of the Sufis and preachers class. Although Mısrî is well known poet and a sufi as one of the most distinctive representatives of the Mısrîyye branch of the Halvetî sect, very little is known about his tafseer works. He has had independent works about the characteristics of ishari/Sufi tafseer on several suras rather than an entire tafseer. In this context, the mentioned ishari interpretations were examined in terms of content and method in the current study. We aimed to reveal the of method Mısrî and the resources he used while interpreting the verses. We elaborate the Mufassir‟s interpretation of the Quran regarding aforementioned aspects and presented examples to concretize the subject. The introduction section presents literature review and the resources that he applied. Accordingly, under the title of A Panoramic Perspective on the Ottoman Period, the political, scientific and economic situation of the period is higlighted, and the conflicts between the polarizing religious movements of the period are discussed. Also, Mısrî's life, personality, sufism journey, exiles and his works are discussed. In the second chapter, the subject of ishari tafsir and Sufism is discussed and accordingly the basic concepts are given in general terms. In the third chapter, our main subject, the interpretation of the Quran in Mısrî's various works, was examined in detail in terms of content and method. In this context, it is thought that Mısrî's method of interpreting the Quran is based on the duality of zâhirbât.