Theosopher and
scholar (b. 1892, Adana
- d. 12 February 1984, Madina). He attended primary and elementary school in Adana and graduated from Istanbul University,
Faculty of Law. He attended the Gümüşeli dervish convent for some time however
later on he was attached to the Şeyh of the Kelâmî convent and to Erbilli Es'âd
Efendi, the Head of the Sufi Assembly. Then he went to Adana where he was given a teaching post.
Following the closure of the dervish convents, he continued in his post of
preacher and earned his living as a bookkeeper in the timber trade. He refused
a considerable legacy from his father, as he wanted to make a living on his
own. During his years in Adana,
he spent the winters in the city center and the summers in the plains of Namrun
and Kızıldağ. Sometimes he went to tranquil places like Talas and Yeşilhisar in
Kayseri in
summer. In 1946, when the prohibition on pilgrimage was terminated, he went to Mecca for the first time.
He went to İstanbul in 1951 and after two years here, he went on pilgrimage
during season of 1953. On his return, he went to Damascus
with his friend Saraç Mehmet Efendi from Konya
and settled there. Later, his family and his son-in-law joined him there. After
nine months he returned to İstanbul again and settled initially in
Beyazıt-Laleli and then in Erenköy.
During his
years in İstanbul, he continued his job as teacher, giving sermons and
organizing debates, as he did in Adana
and made his living bookkeeping for a company in Tahtakale. Many people from
different levels of society, including the rich and the poor, the workers and
the merchants, the officers and the traders, the factory owners, all benefited
from his sermons, conversations and guidance. He lived in isolation in his
later years, as his fame had grown widely and a great interest in him had
developed. He only kept in touch with his close friends at prayer and ritual
worship, in Ramadan and during private conversations. In 1957, when his
relatives suggested a grave in Eyüp Sultan to him, he said, “If everything
that we wish for is realized, then I wish to be in Cennetü'l-Bâkî.” What he
wished for was realized and he was buried in Cennetü’l Bâkî graveyard, after
his death on 12 February 1984.
WORKS:
Hz. İbrahim (The Esteemed İbrahim, 1980), Hz. Yusuf (The Esteemed Yusuf, 1980), Bedir Gazvesi ve Enfal Sûresi Tefsiri (The
War of Bedir and the Interpretation of the Sura of Enfal, 1980), Uhud Gazvesi (The War of Uhud, 1980), Yunus ve Hûd Sureleri Tefsiri (Interpretation
of the Suras of Yunus and Hud, 1981),
Tebuk Seferi (Military Expedition on Tebuk, 1981), Hz. Ebubekir (The Esteemed Ebubekir, 1981), Hz. Ömer (The Esteemed Ömer, 1981), Hz. Osman (The Esteemed Osman, 1981), Hz. Ali (The Esteemed Ali, 1981), Hz. Halid b. Velid (The Esteemed Halid b. Velid, 1981), Ashab-ı Kirâm (Friends of the Prophet
Muhammed, 1982), Fatiha Suresi Tefsiri (Interpretation
of the Sura of Fatiha, 1985), Bakara
Suresi Tefsiri (Interpretation of the Bakara Sura, 1985), Dualar ve Zikirler (Prayers and
Commemorations, 1985).
