A representatives of the Naqshibandi-Halidi tradition Mustafa Fawzi b. Nu'man and analysis of sufi content in his work titled Mizan al-İrfan

One of the representatives of the Naqshbandī -Halidī tradition, in the times corresponding to the establishment of the Republic in the late 20th century of the Ottoman Empire, was Mustafa Fawzī Nu'man (d. 1924), who with his qualification of a clerk in Hālidiyya's branch Ziyāiyya was an influential poet. One of the most important poetical works of Mustafa Fawzī Efendi is Kitab al-Ziyāiyya. This work consists of two chapters, Isbāt al-Masālik and Mizān al-Irfān, which were collected into separate books by the author. In this study, we examined the second part of Kitab al-Ziyāiyya, which was mainly printed in Matbaa al-Bahriyya, the Mizān al-Irfān. In this work, metaphysical issues of Sufism, Sufi terminology, and the thought of Ziyāiyya school towards Sufism and Sufi practice (ādāb) were explained in detail. Key Words: Mustafa Fawzī b. Nu'man, Naqshibandī -Hālidī, Ziyāiyya, Mizān, Irfān, Sufism