Search

There has been a great deal of discussion about İbn Arabî. A group of scholars put a good word on him by saying he is a saint scholar, while another group has extremely criticized him. Another scholar group choose to keep silent without saying anything in favour or against of him. Definitely, it will not be easy to handle all of these views. In this study, it will be looked at İbn Arabî through the perspective of İmâm Suyûtî and the approach of an important personality from evident ulama will be emphasized. By this way, it will be tried to clarify the interpretations about İbn Arabî. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abdulahad Nuri Effendi was born to a family of sheiks and scholars in Sivas in the late 17th century. As a child, he went to Istanbul, and was educated in external (zahiri) sciences, and then, completed his tasawwuf training under the guidance of his murshid Abdulmejid-i Sivasi, who was at the same time his maternal uncle, in the line of the Halwetiyye order. After his first irshad experience in Mythilene, he returned to Istanbul upon invitation by the sheikalislam, and became a postnishin in Mehmed Agha Tekke until his death. He also gave Friday preaches in big mosques in Istanbul. Nuri Effendi established a branch called "Sivassiye" within the Halwetiyye tasawwuf school, and he was prominent scholar and versatile poet with numerous works. Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi and Yunus Emre were very influential on his tasawwuf view. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]