ŞEM’Î ŞEM’ULLÂH AND HİS ŞERH-İ SUBHATÜ’L-EBRÂR
ŞEM’Î ŞEM’ULLÂH VE ŞERH-İ SUBHATÜ’L-EBRÂR’I

Author : Taner GÖK
Number of pages : 411-426

Abstract

Şem’î , who lived in the second half of the 16th century, has joined the procreative commentators of the classical commentary literature after commentating 11 works from the Persian literature in Turkish. Among these, Subhatü’l-Ebrâr commentary, which is considered to be one of the most original works of Molla Abdurrahman Câmî, a famous name in the Persian literature, is the only commentary of this work in the field of Anatolia. In our study, we included reviews and assessments that would enable understanding of the Şerh-i Subhatü’l-Ebrâr at the maximum level possible and we aimed at identifying every aspect of the technical characteristics and the content of this commentary. For this purpose, after providing information about Şem’î Şem’ullâh and Subhatü’l-Ebrâr in our study, we focused on the copies of Subhatü’l-Ebrâr, the content of the work, and the commentary styles used in the work. Inclusion of translations rather than long explanations, which is not very common in the commentary tradition of the period, is the most notable feature of Şerh-i Subhatü’l-Ebrâr. In addition to this, multiple translations of some of the Persian couplets while considering different commentary possibilities and provision of approximately 200 exemplary couplets to allow better understanding of the explanations included in the commentary are other important features of this commentary. Şem’î is one of the most mentioned commentators in the refutation tradition of the classical commentary literature. Several commentators wrote a refutation to Şem’î on various subjects. Şem’î not attaching much importance to the criticisms responded to these criticisms only in Şerh-i Subhatü’l-Ebrâr’. As a result of this situation; there exists valuable information in Şerh-i Subhatü’l-Ebrâr’ related to the criticism understanding of the period and also the style of Şem’î’ defending his works. In addition to these; in our article, we tried to determine the factors that helped Şem’î’ shape his commentary style.

Keywords

Şem’î, translation, commentary

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