Hoca-Zâde Muhammed Râsim Şerh-i Müntehabât-i Mesnevî (Review-text-index)

In this study the work of Şerh-i Müntehabât-ı Mesnevî which is a commentary made by Hoca-zâde Muhammed Râsim Hikmet on the selected couplets of Mesnevi that written by Mevlana Celâleddîn-i Rûmî was examined. The main aim of thesis study is to present a literary text that will be the source of the studies in the field of Religious-Sufi Turkish Literature and to present the study to the benefit of the scientific world. This study was made on Şerh-i Müntehabât-ı Mesnevî and this study constructed on the basis of the other commentary that was written on Mesnevî, basic sources of Sufism, and recent academic studies on the related field. In this study, fistly information is given about the life and works of Hoca-zâde Muhammed Râsim Hikmet. Then, the commentary text was studied and inferences were made about the sources of the text, commentary method and commentator. In the following section, the commentary text has been written out. In the conclusion section, the place of of Şerh-i Müntehabât-ı Mesnevî in other commentaries, its interaction with them and its contribution to the field is discussed. Finally, the sources and the index used during this study are included in the study. Keywords: Commentary, Hoca-zâde Muhammed Râsim Hikmet, Şerh-i Müntehabât-ı Mesnevî, Sufism