This book is about Alaeddin Ali b. Husamuddin al-Muttaki al-Hindi (d. 975/1567), one of the multifaceted scholars and Sufis of the 16th century. the-Hikemü'l-İrfâniyye fî Meʿânî İrşâdiyye ve İşârâti Kur'âniyye This study focuses on the critical edition, translation, and commentary-centered analysis of the work entitled [Name of the work]. The main aim of the study is to reveal how Muttaqi al-Hindi evaluated the verses of the Quran within a wisdom-centered interpretive framework and to determine the relationship of the work with the allegorical commentary literature. Located at the intersection of the classical allegorical commentary tradition and the Sufi wisdom genre, this work is a concise and Quran-centered composition that examines the verses not according to the order of the Mushaf, but around concepts such as repentance, piety, knowledge, love, and spiritual journey. The book is built on two main axes. In the critical edition phase, the manuscript copies of the work that could be identified were compared; the Süleymaniye Library, Bağdatlı Vehbi Efendi, no. The 757th manuscript was chosen as the original copy because it clearly records the author's name, includes a colophon, numbers the aphorisms, and has legible writing. It was determined that a total of 535 aphorisms are included in the available manuscripts; to facilitate the reader's understanding, the aphorisms are presented numbered in this edition. In the preparation of the text, the methods and principles specified in the ISAM Critical Edition Guide published by the Turkish Religious Affairs Foundation Islamic Studies Center were taken into consideration. In the study section, the methods the author used to establish the connection between the verse and the aphorism were examined from the perspective of the tafsir discipline. As a result of this examination, it was determined that Muttaqi al-Hindi followed two main paths in establishing the relationship between the verse and the aphorism. The first of these is the literal quotation, where the wording of the verse is directly transferred to the aphorism sentence; The second is a type of interpretive reasoning in which moral and didactic conclusions are distilled from the meaning of the verses. The symbol “ق”, which the author states in the introduction to indicate direct quotations, shows that this method is consciously applied within the text. Thus, although the work is not a commentary adhering to the classical order of surahs, it can be considered a concise allegorical commentary with a thematic structure that reinterprets the verses in the language of wisdom.
Keywords: Tafsir, Ishari Tafsir, Tahkik, Ali al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Hikam al-Irfaniyya.
The Wisdom-Oriented Reading of the Qur'an
This book presents a critical edition, translation, and tafsīrcentered
analysis of al-Ḥikam al-ʿIrfāniyya fī Maʿānī Irshādiyya wa
Ishārāt Qurʾāniyya, authored by the sixteenth-century polymath
scholar and Ṣūfī ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Ḥusām al-Dīn al-Muttaqī al-
Hindī (b. 975/1567). The primary aim of the study is to
demonstrate how al-Muttaqī al-Hindī interprets Qurʾānic verses
within a wisdom-centered hermeneutical framework and to
determine the work's relationship to the tradition of ishārī
(allusive/mystical) commentary. Situated at the intersection of the
classical ishārī exegetical tradition and the Ṣūfī genre of ḥikam
The work possesses a concise and Qurʾān-centered literature
character in which the verses are discussed not according to the
canonical order of the muṣḥaf, but around thematic concepts
such as repentance, piety, knowledge, love, and spiritual
wayfaring (sulūk).
The book is structured around two principal axes. In the critical
editing phase, all accessible manuscript copies of the work were
examined comparatively. Among these, the Suleymaniye Library
The manuscript, Bağdatlı Vehbi Efendi no. 757, was selected as the
base manuscript due to its explicit attribution to the author, the
inclusion of a colophon record, the numbering of the wisdom
statements (ḥikam), and its clear script. It was determined that
the extant manuscripts contain a total of 535 wisdom statements,
which have been numerically arranged in the edition to facilitate
ease of reference for the reader. The textual establishment was
carried out in accordance with the principles and procedures
outlined in the ISAM Critical Edition Guidelines published by the
TDV Center for Islamic Studies (ISAM). In the analytical section
(dirāsa), the methods employed by the author in establishing the
relationship between Qurʾānic verses and wisdom statements are
examined from the perspective of tafsīr methodology.
The analysis demonstrates that al-Muttaqī al-Hindī employs two
principal methods in constructing the relationship between verse
and wisdom The first is verbal quotation (lafẓī iqtibās), in which
the wording of the Qurʾānic verse is directly incorporated into the
wisdom statement The second is exegetical inference (tafsīr
istidlālī), where by ethical and spiritual conclusions are derived
from the semantic implications of the verses. The symbol “ ,”ق
which the author states in the introduction is used to indicate
direct quotations, reveals that this method was consciously and
systematically applied throughout the text. Accordingly, although
the work is not a tafsīr organized according to the classical order
of the surahs, it may nevertheless be regarded as a concise
thematic ishārī exegetical composition that rearticulates Qurʾānic
verses through the language of wisdom.
Keywords: Tafsīr, Ishārī Tafsīr, Critical Edition, ʿAlī al-Muttaqī al-
Hindī, al-Ḥikam al-ʿIrfāniyya.
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