God, man and universe in Sefer ha-Zohar

The relationship among God, universe and man is one of the most preoccupied topics that has been discussed during the history of thougth. The reason of this stems from the effort to comprehend the meaning of existence. In this thesis we tried to handle this topic under the perspective of Kabbalah. And Sefer ha-Zohar is regarded as the most important work of Kabbalah. It is regarded as an esoteric midrash. However, it is not correct to evaluate it only in the midrash category in terms of its content. It is a comprehensive study consisting of pamphlets that contain all kinds of issues regarding God, the universe and humanity from a philosophical, theological, mystical and esoteric points of view. It does not serve a single point of view since it contains the approach of many thought systems together. In the first part of the thesis, we gave information about the phases of Kabbalah until the emergence of Sefer ha-Zohar and which mystic schools it included. Subsequently, we have given place to the ongoing discussions about the author, history and content of the work in order to fully penetrate the content of The Zohar. In the second part, we gave information about the Sefirot system, which is accepted as one of the important teachings of Kabbalah by referring to the works of Kabbalah from time to time, as well as the Zohar. In the last part, we handled how the Zohar discussed the relationship between God and man.