EDUCATION IN DIVAN-I HIKMET OF HODJA AHMAD YASSAW

Authors : Cemal TOSUN

Pages : 147-168

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Publication Date : 2016-12-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Dîvân-i Hikmet stems from the early works of Turkish-Islamic literature. The book consists of words of wisdom for teaching religious-moral fundamentals to people based on accurate information from the Qur\`an and Sunnah. Dîvân-ı Hikmet is a folk education book. “Preying with words of wisdom” was used as a training method by Ahmad Yassawi. According to his own account, these duties and competences were endowed by Muhammad pbuh at the age of 8 and Allah’s SWT said \`say words of wisdom\` to him at the age of 34. He received training from Arslan Bab and his whole life was based around this training, as well as madrasa-mosque education since the age of 27, had an impact on his competence for delivering wisdom. The effects of the achievement of this competence are as follows: complete and accurate religious knowledge Sharia , received theoretical and practical training from a trainer Pir-patriarch, Mürşit-guide /Arslan Bab and Yûsuf el Hemedânî , life experience. It is seen that knowledge and wisdom, the Shari\`a and dervish orders association with the mosque and madrassa in the process of self-fulfi llment of Ahmad Yassawi. Our study on Dîvân-ı Hikmet is a qualitative research which uses an inductive methodology. In this study we investigated various methods and techniques in education of the sayings in ‘Words of Wisdom”.
Keywords : Hoca Ahmed i Yesevî, Dîvân ı Hikmet, Eğitim Yöntemi, Din Eğitimi, Tasavvuf Eğitiminde Yöntem

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