Critical edition, analysis and translation of the work Kashf al-Asrār fī al-Qirāʾat by Yûsuf b. Güvendik

In this study, the treatise titled Kashf al-Asrār fī al-Qirāʾat, attributed to Yûsuf b. Güvendik, one of the Qirāʾat scholars of the Ottoman period and the imam of the Ayasofya Mosque, is examined. The thesis consists of an introduction and three main chapters. In the introduction, information is given about the aim, scope, methodology, and sources of the thesis, and the scientific foundations of the study are presented within the framework of the existing literature. Additionally, this section includes information about Yûsuf b. Güvendik's life, the period in which he lived, his scholarly personality, and his works. In the first chapter, the subject of rasm al-mushaf, which is directly related to the content of the work forming the basis of our study, is addressed; a general framework is presented on topics such as the codification process of the Qur'an, the relationship between qirāʾāt and rasm, and the issue of the seven aḥruf. In the second chapter of our study, the treatise Kashf al-Asrār fī al-Qirāʾat is analyzed, and detailed information is given about the title of the work, its attribution to the author, its content, and the identified manuscript copies. The methodology followed in the critical edition of the text is also explained in the same chapter. Finally, in the third chapter, a critically edited version of the text, prepared in accordance with scholarly editing principles and faithful to the original manuscripts, along with the translation of the work, is presented.