Mehmet Sait Şimşek

Theologian, translator. He was born in Mardin in 1951. After he completed his primary school in Mardin, he graduated from Diyarbakir Imam Hatip High School (1969) and Erzurum Higher Islam Institute (1073). He worked as central preacher in Erzurum (1970-73) and in Mardin (1973-75), as teacher in Gemlik Imam Hatip High School (1975-77). He began to work as an assistant in Selçuk University Faculty of Theology in 1977. He became a professor in Rede Subdivision of this faculty. His analysis and researches was published in Düşünce (1976-77) and SÜ İlâhiyat Fakültesi (1986) magazines.

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BIOGRAPHY: İmam Malik (1985), İbn Teymiyye (1986).

RESEARCH: Kur’an’ın Anlaşılmasında İki Mesele (1987), Yaratılış Olayı (1998), Fatiha Suresi ve Türkçe Namaz (1998).

TRANSLATION: İslâm Düşünce Hayatı (from E. H. Nedvî, 1977), Kur’ân İlimleri (from Subhi es-Salih, 1984), Batı Toplumunda Sınıflaşma ve Çağdaş İslâm Toplumuna Etkileri (from Muhammed el-Behiy, 1986), İbn Teymiyye Külliyatı (translation, collaborative work, 1988), Arapça-Türkçe Deyimler-Kalıp İfadeler-Atasözleri Sözlüğü (with Tacettin Uzun, 1991).

REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. edition, 2009).