THE MUNÂJÂT OF ASHÂB AL-BADR BY IBRAHIM HANIF B. MUSTAFA AL-ISTANBÛLî

Resumo

This article examines the munajat located at the end of the Esma'u Ahl-i Badr by the eighteenth-century Ottoman scholar Ibrahim Hanif b. Mustafa al-Istanbuli. The aim is to reveal, through expressions within the text, the classical aesthetic dimension of this munajat and its discourse of tawassul. Although our classical literature was a trilingual literature composed in Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, Arabic works have not been sufficiently examined in literary studies; for this reason, it is expected that the study of an Arabic munajat will contribute to the field. As a method, qualitative content analysis and manuscript examination were used together, and seven copies, especially Michigan University Isl. Ms. 233, were evaluated. The findings show that saj', simile, metaphor, allusion, repetition, antithesis, and semantic harmony systematically construct the atmosphere of supplication and the internal music of the text, while the language is balanced with Arabic religious terminology. In the content of the munajat, while the spiritual rank and virtues of the Companions of Badr are praised, the author's expression of his own helplessness and his request for their intercession are evaluated as a literary reflection of the understanding of tawassul in the Islamic Sufi tradition. In addition to its contribution to both literary and religious literature, the work contains valuable elements regarding the development of the munajat genre.