DELİBERATION OF WISE POET NEV’Î
Bilge Şair Nev’î’nin İlimle Mütalaası

Author : Sedanur DİNÇER ARSLAN
Number of pages : 196-213

Abstract

“İlim” is an Arabic rooted word with modern meaning science, is defined and described with various definitions in Islamic world. In Islamic belief the care of the science is God. God knows everything on land and in the sky (el-Mücadele, 58/7) as it is cited in the verse. The fact that God knows everything and only source of knowledge is obvious. The absolute knowledge is of God compared with infinite knowledge of God, man’s knowledge and ways of reaching it are finite and restricted. Classical literature is based on reality and science and fed by Islamic doctrines on a large scale. Science is important for classical literature, too and science is seen as an asset which enables mankind to reach eternal happiness and exalts him. In this study we will evaluate how classical poets valued science by emphosizing Nev’î’s works reasons of choosing Nev’î are as follows. First he lived in the 16th century when classical literature reached its maturity. The second reason is that both he and his family were interested in sufizm. The third one is that he was knowledgeable and well-educated in his era and taught. He was one of the eminent poets of his era and he had some priorities. The degree of his relationship with knowledge can be evaluated with the number of works he produced with respect to qualitative and quantitative values. At the same time in biographical resources and art crities it is widely that he was one of the most popular poets and scholars. The main works of art which will be evaluated is his Divan. Under the shadow of these verifications in Divan we can make comparisons with his other works of arts and his Divan. The fundamental work of art which will be compared with his Divan is “Netâyicü’l-Fünûn and Mehâsinü’l-Mütûn”. Nev’î gives some information about scientific fields by using verifications of academic staff of his era. He also reports some core information. Because of this classifications and definitions in this work of art gives us an opportunity to insight into his scientific aspects.

Keywords

Ilim, The Classification of Ilim, Nev’î, Divan, Netâyicü’l-Fünûn ve Mehâsinü’l-Mütûn

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