Ahmet Lütfi Kazancı

Historian of Islam, Novelist

Birth
01 August, 1936
Education
İstanbul Advanced Institute of Islam
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Novelist and Islamic historian (b. 1 August 1936, Çorum). He attended İnkılap Primary School (1948) and graduated from Çorum İmam Hatip High School (1960) and İstanbul Advanced Institute of Islam (1964). His doctorate thesis was Hitabet-i Nebeviye (Oratory of the Prophet) and his assistant professorship thesis was Abdulmelik b. Mervan ve Ziyad b. Ebih (Abdulmelik b. Mervan and Ziyad b. Ebih). For a short period he worked as an imam at Çorum Kubbeli Mosque (1960) and as a teacher at Çorum (1964-67), Isparta (1969-70) and again Çorum (1970-77) İmam Hatip High Schools. In 1977 he began to work as an assistant of Arabic Language and Literature at Bursa Advanced Institute of Islam (now Uludağ University, Faculty of Theology). He completed his doctorate in 1983. He became an assistant professor of the History of Islam in 1991. He was appointed as a professor in 1999. He works at Uludağ University, Faculty of Theology as a lecturer on the History of Islam. He has published his articles in Uludağ Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, Altınoluk, Arayış (Holland) reviews since 1986.

WORKS:

RESEARCH-STUDY: İslâmda İrade Kaza ve Kader (Volition, Adjudication and Destiny in Islam, 1966), İslâm İmanı (Belief in Islam, 1968), Kur'an Işığında Peygamberlik ve Peygamberler (Being a Prophet and Prophets in the Light of Islam, translation. 1974), Nübüvvet Pınarından (From the Spring of Being Prophet, 1978), Peygamber Efendimizin Hitabeti (Oratory of Our Prophet Muhammad, 1980), Peygamberimizin Öğrettiği Dualar ve Zikirler (Prayers and Formulas Taught by Our Prophet Muhammad, 1982), Dini Bilgiler (Religious Information, commission), Tarih-i Din-i İslâm (History of  Islam, simplifying from Mahmud Es'ad, 1983), Peygamberimize Neden İnanmadılar (Why Didn’t They Believe Our Prophet Muhammad, 1983), Hz. Adem'den Hatemu'l-Enbiya'ya I-III (From Esteemed Adam to the Last Prophet, 1990), Mervan b. Hakem (Mervan b. Hakem, 1996), Nübüvvetin İspatı ve Önemi (Importance and Evidence of Being A Prophet, 1996), İslam Tarihi Açısından Sünnetin Yazıyla Tespiti ve Önemi (Establishing the Sünnet* in Writing and the Importance in the View of Islam, 1996), Melike Belkıs ve Diğerleri (Melike Belkıs and Others, 1996), Nübüvvet Merasimi - Bi'set (Ceremony of Being a Prophet – Being Sent, 1996), Nübüvvet - Ciddiyet İlişkisi (Relation between Being a Prophet and Seriousness, 1996), Hz. Ali (Esteemed Ali, 2003).

PERIOD OF HAPPINESS SERIES: Özlenen Şafak / Doğumundan Peygamberliğe Kadar Peygamber Efendimiz (Missed Dawn / Our Prophet from Birth to Being Prophet, 1982), Aydınlıklara Doğru / Hicrete Kadar (Towards the Light / Until the Hegira, 1983), Doğuş / Uhud Harbine Kadar (Birth / Until the Uhud War, 1984), Yükseliş / Hudebyiye Barışına Kadar (Rise / Until the Peace of Hudeybiye, 1987), Guruba Yaklaşırken / Mekke Fethine Kadar (While Approaching the Group / Until the Conquest of Mecca, 1987), Kavuşma / Vefatına Kadar (Reunion / Until Death, 1987).

PROPHET SERIES: Hazret-i Adem'den Hatemü'l-Enbiya'ya (From Esteemed Adam to the Last Prophet, 3 volumes, 1990).

NOVEL: Kaynana Münevver Hanım (Mother-in-law Münevver Hanım, 1969), Üvey Anne (Stepmother, 1970), Bir Vicdan Uyanıyor (A Conscience is Waking Up, 1974), Son Fırtına (Last Storm, 1976).

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