Kâfiyeci’nin Eserleri ve Arap Dil Bilimine Katkıları: Tespit, Tasnif ve Değerlendirme
Authors: TALA Murat 
Published: December 2020

Al-Kāfiyajī (d. 879/1474) is one of the fifteenth-century Ṣarukhan-oghullari, Ottoman and Mamlūk scholars. He wrote more than one hundred works. This article explores al-Kāfiyajī’s life and works. His works show that he is specialized in many areas such as Arab language, Arab grammar, rhetoric, historiography, hadīth and hadīth methodology, tafsīr and tafsīr methodology, fiqh and fiqh methodology, theology, mysticism, language philosophy, semantics, geometry, optic and astronomy. Al-Kāfiyajī wrote his most important works in the fields of Arabic language and logic. His linguistic analysis in his works shows that he is a competent language scholar. He has used a linguistic, logical, scientific, and philosophical method in his works. Briefly, in this research, it was concluded that al-Kāfiyajī wrote at least one hundred and twelve works throughout his life. The names of the ninety-four of these works have been identified. It is possible to classify the works of al-Kāfiyajī according to following subjects: Arabic Language and Literature, Language philosophy: Sharḥ al-i‘rāb ‘an Qawā‘id al-i‘rāb, al-Unmūzac fī baḥth al-isti‘āra, Sharḥ al-isti‘āra, Risāla fī “Kāna Zaydun Qāiman”, Risāla fī “Zaydun Qāimun”, Risāla fī al-mabāḥith al-muta‘alliqa bi “Ammā”, Nuzhat al-mu‘rib fi’l-Mashrıq wa’l-Maghrib, Nuzhat al-aṣhāb fī mas’alat al-kuhl, Ramz al-asrār, al-Nisab li ahl al-adab, al-İshrāq fī maratib al-ṭıbāq, Ḥāshiya ‘ala’l-Muṭawwal, Risāla fī “man” al-shartıyya. Logic: al-Targhīb fī kashf rumūz al-Tahdhīb. Historiography: al-Mukhtaṣar al-mufīd fī ‘ilm al-tārīkh, al-Naṣr al-qāhir wa’l-fatḥ al-ẓāhir. Al-‘Aqāid and al-Kalām: Anwār al-Ṣa‘āda, Sharḥ al-‘Aqāid al-‘Aḍuḍiyya, Hāshiya (‘alā) Sharḥ al-‘Aqāid al-‘Aḍuḍiyya, Sharḥ al-Mawāqıf, Talkhīsu Sharḥ al-Mawāqıf, al-Hidāya li bayān al-khalq wa’l-takwīn, Risāla fī bayān al-mu‘jizāt, Nahr al-hayāt fī ma‘rifat al-ṣıfāt, ‘Ilm al-kumūn ve’l-burūz, Risāla fī qawlih Ta‘ālā “Lā ya’manu makr Allāh illā al-qawmu’l-hāsirūn”. Quran and al-Tafsīr: Sharḥ al-Isti‘ādha wa’l-Basmala, Ḥāshiya ‘ala’l-Kashshāf, Sharḥ fī muḥākamāt bayna al-mutakallimīn ‘ala’l-Kashshāf, Ḥāshiya ‘alā Tafsīr al-Bayḍāwī, al-Ẓafar wa’l-khalāṣ, al-Taysīr fī qawā‘id ‘ilm al-tafsīr, Risāla fī ‘ilm al-tafsīr wa wujūh al-qırāat, Kashf al-niḳāb li’l-aṣḥāb wa’l-aḥıbba (fī ‘ijāz al-Qurān), al-Tamhīd fī sharḥ al-taḥmīd, Qarār al-wajd fī sharḥ al-ḥamd, al-Ilmā‘ bi ifādat “Lew” li ’l-imtinā‘ fī qawlih Ta‘ālā “Lew kāna fīhimā ālihatun illā Allāh le fasadatā, Jawāb ‘an suāl fī qawlih Ta‘ālā “Wa’n-Najmi idhā hawā”, Nuzhat al-ikhwān fī tafsīr qawlih Ta‘ālā “Yā Lūṭu Innā Rusulu Rabbika”, Nayl al-marām fī tafsīr qawlih Ta‘ālā “Wa Mā Rabbuka bi Ẓallām”, al-Bishāra fī qawlih Ta‘ālā “Fa’tū bi sūratin min mislih”, Nuzhat al-aṣḥāb, al-Ghurrat al-wāḍıḥa fī tafsīr al-Fātiḥa, Zakhīrat al-qaṣr fī tafsīr Sūrat al-‘Aṣr. Hadīth Sciences: Mukhtaṣar fī ‘ulūm al-ḥadīth, Manba‘ al-durar fī ‘ilm al-athar, Khulāṣat al-‘aqwāl fī ḥadīth “Innamā al-a‘māl bi al-niyyāt”. Fiqh, Usūl al-fiqh: Risāla fī masʹalat al-istisnāʹ, Ḥāshiya ‘alā sharḥ al-Hidāya, Wajīz al-niẓām fī ıẓhār mawārid al-aḥkām, al-Faraḥ wa’l-surūr, Nashāt al-ṣudūr fī sharḥ Kitāb al-Faraḥ wa’l-surūr, al-Taḥrīr li mā dhukira fī al-Durar al-manẓūm, Muhāwarat al-fıqhiyya, Risāla fī istiqbāl al-Qıbla, Talkhīṣ al-Jāmi‘ al-kabīr wa’l-Majma‘, Kitāb al-Tadhkira, Rawḍat al-ẓāhira al-nāfi‘a fi’l-Dunyā wa’l-Ākhira, Kitāb al-mukhtasar fī ‘ilm al-istibdāl, al-Ramz fī ‘ilm al-istibdāl, al-Kāfī fī bayān al-ṣaff al-ṭawīl al-mustaḳīm, Mi‘rāj al-ṭabaqāt wa rāfi‘ al-darajāt (Risāla fī ṭabaqāt al-butūn li bayān al-waqf ‘alā awlād al-awlād), al-Iḥkām (fī ma‘rifat al-Aymān wa’l-aḥkām), Farāid baḥr al-fawāid. Politics, Advices and Morality: Niẓām qalāid al-‘ıqyān, Sayf al-quḍāt ‘ala’l-bughāt, Sayf al-mulūk, Sayf al-ḥaqq wa’l-nuṣra ‘alā riqāb ahl al-baghy wa’l-fitna, al-Durrat al-‘āliyat al-ghāliya. Metaphysics, Sufism, Philosophy: al-Kāfī al-shāfī, Kitāb al-rawḥ fī ‘ilm al-rūḥ, Kitab al-raḥma, al-Nuzha fī rawḍat al-rūḥ wa’l-nafs, Nashāt al-bishāra bi’l-ishāra, Qıblat al-arwāḥ fi’l-taṣawwuf, Nuzhat al-arwāḥ wa ghıbṭat al-ashbāḥ fi’l-taṣawwuf, Manāzil al-arwāḥ fi’l-taṣawwuf, ‘Iqd al-farāid min baḥr al-fawāid (fī sharḥ Asmā Allāh al-Husnā), al-Uns al-anīs fī ma‘rifat shaʹn al-nafs al-nafīs. Siyar and Faḍāil: Zayn al-faraḥ bi mīlād al-Nabī (s.a.w.), Mukhtasar fī ‘ilm al-irshād, Risāla fi’l-maḥabba, Qalāid al-‘ıqyān fī baḥr faḍāil (shahr) Rajab wa Sha‘bān. Science: Ḥall al-ishkāl fī mabāhith al-ashkāl fi’l-handasa, Sharḥ al-caghmīnī fi’l-hayʹa, ar-Ramz (fī ‘ilm al-uṣturlāb). Other Works: Ramz al-khıṭāb bi rashḥ al-‘ıyāb (a‘bāb), Banāt al-afkār fī shaʹn al-‘i‘tibār, Kashf al-wucūh al-ḥasana al-mastūra bi’l-niḳāb li faḍl Allāh al-Jawwād al-Wahhāb, al-Kashf ‘an sharaf Ahl al-Bayt al-kirām li Afḍal al-Rusul wa’l-anām, ‘Iqd al-farāid min taḥrīr al-fawāid, Risāla mustaqılla bi ‘ilm al-nafs wa wucūh al-qırāa, Jawāb al-anẓār, Jawāb ‘an suāl ‘an Ibn al-Fārıḍ, Ḥusn al-khıtām li’l-marām min hādhā al-kalām, Khıtām al-misk.