The Manifestation of Literary Dimension in the Knowledge of Waqf-Ibtidā: Example of Isti’nāf Bayānī

Mücella Hacımısıroğlu

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The Manifestation of Literary Dimension in the Knowledge of Waqf-Ibtidā: Example of Isti’nāf Bayānī

Yazarlar:

Mücella Hacımısıroğlu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kuran-ı Kerim Okuma ve Kıraat

Dergi:

Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.65 Issue 65, pp.235-259

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

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Türkçe

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2001307795

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1302-4973

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 The knowledge of waqf-ibtidā has the privilege of examining the HolyQuran in terms of both language and meaning. The linguistic and semantic dimension of the Quran has ensured that the linguistic explanations and the meaning appreciations in line with these explanations constitute a certain amount in the works of waqf-ibtidā. As a matter of fact, the scholars of waqf-ibtidā tried to reveal what kind of wordmeaning relations existed between the sentences that make up the Quranic verses, and accordingly, they divided the places of waqf into certain parts in terms of their suitability for waqf. Although the language-centred analyses carried out to determine these issues mostly focused on the parsing relations that determine the position within the sentence, which is within the field of interest of the science of nahw, explanations that carry the issue to a more literary ground and endeavour to capture deep word-meaning connections between sentences and from this point of view, pointing to the existence of different possibilities in terms of waqf have also been put forward. One of the issues mentioned within the scope of the literary aspect of language is the phenomenon of istināf. The phenomenon of istināf, which expresses that the sentence is independent and detached from its antecedent, has been discussed in language and literature books under the title of fasl-wasl and in the context of the phenomenon of qat. In the explanations put forward in this framework, some of the sentences included in the scope of istināf have been evaluated in the sense that a certain connection has occurred depending on a predetermined question posed by the previous sentence in the mind. Over time, these evaluations led to a binary division of istināf as istināf al-nahwī and istināf al-bayānī. Sentences that do not have any verbal or semantic connection with the preceding sentence are called istināf al-nahwī, and those that do not have a verbal connection but have a semantic connection with the preceding sentence through the predetermined question formed by the previous sentence in the mind are expressed as istināf al-bayānī. The explanations, which are put forward within the scope of the phenomenon of istināf in language and rhetoric studies and which result in the aforementioned binary division, have also found a place in other branches of science, especially in tafsīr literature. In this context, Zamakhsharis explanations on istināf and the commentaries and explanations on these explanations by later scholars contributed to the clarification of the theoretical aspect of the phenomenon of istināf in general and istināf al-bayānī in particular. As for the scholars of waqf-ibtidā, while examining the places of waqf and their suitability for waqf, they mostly focused on the relations of intra-sentence parsing and did not try to carry the issue to a literary ground. In the founding texts of the field of waqf-ibtidā by scholars such as Ibn al-Anbārī d. 328940, Abū Jaʿfar al-Nahhās d. 338950, and Abū Amr al-Dānī d. 4441053, as well as in the texts of scholars such as Ibn al-Ghazzāl d. 5161123 and Muḥammad b. Tayfūr al-Sajāwandī d. 5601165, who prioritised practical knowledge about the provisions of waqf places and did not go much in the way of linguistic justification in doing so. In the texts of scholars such as Ibn al-Ghazzāl and Tayfūr al-Sajāwandī, the subject was not subjected to literary explanation. However, unlike these scholars, al-Ushmūnī d.11001690 directly mentions the phenomenon of istināf al-bayānī and uses it as a means of explanation in his explanations of the places and rulings of waqf. This not only shows that al-Ushmūnī gave a literary perspective to the knowledge of waqf-ibtidā, but also shows that he partially benefited from the scientific results of the language and literary studies of waqf-ibtidā literature. Likewise, this situation shows that the later texts on waqf-ibtidā did not content themselves with the mere repetition of the information in the founding texts, but also undertook an obligation to carry the development in language and rhetoric thought to the field of waqf-ibtidā. For this reason, this article will first analyse the term istināf al-bayānī at the level of its dictionary and terminological meanings, then it will touch upon the nature of the mention of istināf al-bayānī in the tradition of Islamic thought, especially in the fields of language, rhetoric and tafsīr, and finally it will try to discover the aspect reflected in the explanations of the scholars of waqf-ibtidā.

 Vakf-ibtidâ bilgisi, Kuran-ı Kerimi hem dil hem de mana boyutu itibariyle inceleme ayrıcalığına sahiptir. Dil ve anlam boyutlu oluşu vakf-ibtidâ eserlerinde lügavi açıklamaların ve bu açıklamalar doğrultusunda serdedilen mana takdirlerinin belli bir yekûn teşkil etmesini sağlamıştır. Lügavi inceleme ise terkib düzeyinde, bir terkibi oluşturan unsurları gerek cümle kurgusu gerekse edebi yön itibariyle ele almayı ifade eder. Belagat çalışmaları kapsamında müstakil olarak incelemeye tabi tutulan bu edebi yön, İslam düşünce geleneğinin muhtelif başlıklarında şu veya bu düzeyde yer ihraz etmiş ve böylece düşüncenin gelişimine de katkı sunmuştur. İşte bu çalışmada dilin edebi yönü kapsamında bahis konusu edilen ve ilerleyen süreçte dil-belagat âlimleri tarafından istinâf-ı beyânî olarak kavramlaştırılan edebi unsur üzerinden vakf-ibtidâ sahasında edebi boyutun hangi düzeyde varlığa sahip olduğunu incelemeye çalışacağız, yanı sıra da vakf-ibtidâ âlimleri içinde incelemelerini edebi bir zemine taşıma imkânı bulan âlimlerin kim veya kimler olduğunu tespit etmeye gayret edeceğiz. Böyle olduğu içindir ki yazıda öncelikle istinâf-ı beyânî terkibi sözlük ve terim anlamları düzeyinde incelenecek, akabinde İslam düşünce geleneğinde ve özellikle de dil, belağat ve tefsir sahasında istinâf-ı beyânînin bahis konusu edilme keyfiyetine temas edilecek, en sonunda da vakf-ibtidâ âlimlerinin açıklamalarına yansıyan yönünün keşfine çalışılacaktır.

 The knowledge of waqf-ibtidā has the privilege of examining the HolyQuran in terms of both language and meaning. The linguistic and semantic dimension of the Quran has ensured that the linguistic explanations and the meaning appreciations in line with these explanations constitute a certain amount in the works of waqf-ibtidā. As a matter of fact, the scholars of waqf-ibtidā tried to reveal what kind of wordmeaning relations existed between the sentences that make up the Quranic verses, and accordingly, they divided the places of waqf into certain parts in terms of their suitability for waqf. Although the language-centred analyses carried out to determine these issues mostly focused on the parsing relations that determine the position within the sentence, which is within the field of interest of the science of nahw, explanations that carry the issue to a more literary ground and endeavour to capture deep word-meaning connections between sentences and from this point of view, pointing to the existence of different possibilities in terms of waqf have also been put forward. One of the issues mentioned within the scope of the literary aspect of language is the phenomenon of istināf. The phenomenon of istināf, which expresses that the sentence is independent and detached from its antecedent, has been discussed in language and literature books under the title of fasl-wasl and in the context of the phenomenon of qat. In the explanations put forward in this framework, some of the sentences included in the scope of istināf have been evaluated in the sense that a certain connection has occurred depending on a predetermined question posed by the previous sentence in the mind. Over time, these evaluations led to a binary division of istināf as istināf al-nahwī and istināf al-bayānī. Sentences that do not have any verbal or semantic connection with the preceding sentence are called istināf al-nahwī, and those that do not have a verbal connection but have a semantic connection with the preceding sentence through the predetermined question formed by the previous sentence in the mind are expressed as istināf al-bayānī. The explanations, which are put forward within the scope of the phenomenon of istināf in language and rhetoric studies and which result in the aforementioned binary division, have also found a place in other branches of science, especially in tafsīr literature. In this context, Zamakhsharis explanations on istināf and the commentaries and explanations on these explanations by later scholars contributed to the clarification of the theoretical aspect of the phenomenon of istināf in general and istināf al-bayānī in particular. As for the scholars of waqf-ibtidā, while examining the places of waqf and their suitability for waqf, they mostly focused on the relations of intra-sentence parsing and did not try to carry the issue to a literary ground. In the founding texts of the field of waqf-ibtidā by scholars such as Ibn al-Anbārī d. 328940, Abū Jaʿfar al-Nahhās d. 338950, and Abū Amr al-Dānī d. 4441053, as well as in the texts of scholars such as Ibn al-Ghazzāl d. 5161123 and Muḥammad b. Tayfūr al-Sajāwandī d. 5601165, who prioritised practical knowledge about the provisions of waqf places and did not go much in the way of linguistic justification in doing so. In the texts of scholars such as Ibn al-Ghazzāl and Tayfūr al-Sajāwandī, the subject was not subjected to literary explanation. However, unlike these scholars, al-Ushmūnī d.11001690 directly mentions the phenomenon of istināf al-bayānī and uses it as a means of explanation in his explanations of the places and rulings of waqf. This not only shows that al-Ushmūnī gave a literary perspective to the knowledge of waqf-ibtidā, but also shows that he partially benefited from the scientific results of the language and literary studies of waqf-ibtidā literature. Likewise, this situation shows that the later texts on waqf-ibtidā did not content themselves with the mere repetition of the information in the founding texts, but also undertook an obligation to carry the development in language and rhetoric thought to the field of waqf-ibtidā. For this reason, this article will first analyse the term istināf al-bayānī at the level of its dictionary and terminological meanings, then it will touch upon the nature of the mention of istināf al-bayānī in the tradition of Islamic thought, especially in the fields of language, rhetoric and tafsīr, and finally it will try to discover the aspect reflected in the explanations of the scholars of waqf-ibtidā.

 The knowledge of waqf-ibtidā has the privilege of examining the HolyQuran in terms of both language and meaning. The linguistic and semantic dimension of the Quran has ensured that the linguistic explanations and the meaning appreciations in line with these explanations constitute a certain amount in the works of waqf-ibtidā. As a matter of fact, the scholars of waqf-ibtidā tried to reveal what kind of wordmeaning relations existed between the sentences that make up the Quranic verses, and accordingly, they divided the places of waqf into certain parts in terms of their suitability for waqf. Although the language-centred analyses carried out to determine these issues mostly focused on the parsing relations that determine the position within the sentence, which is within the field of interest of the science of nahw, explanations that carry the issue to a more literary ground and endeavour to capture deep word-meaning connections between sentences and from this point of view, pointing to the existence of different possibilities in terms of waqf have also been put forward. One of the issues mentioned within the scope of the literary aspect of language is the phenomenon of istināf. The phenomenon of istināf, which expresses that the sentence is independent and detached from its antecedent, has been discussed in language and literature books under the title of fasl-wasl and in the context of the phenomenon of qat. In the explanations put forward in this framework, some of the sentences included in the scope of istināf have been evaluated in the sense that a certain connection has occurred depending on a predetermined question posed by the previous sentence in the mind. Over time, these evaluations led to a binary division of istināf as istināf al-nahwī and istināf al-bayānī. Sentences that do not have any verbal or semantic connection with the preceding sentence are called istināf al-nahwī, and those that do not have a verbal connection but have a semantic connection with the preceding sentence through the predetermined question formed by the previous sentence in the mind are expressed as istināf al-bayānī. The explanations, which are put forward within the scope of the phenomenon of istināf in language and rhetoric studies and which result in the aforementioned binary division, have also found a place in other branches of science, especially in tafsīr literature. In this context, Zamakhsharis explanations on istināf and the commentaries and explanations on these explanations by later scholars contributed to the clarification of the theoretical aspect of the phenomenon of istināf in general and istināf al-bayānī in particular. As for the scholars of waqf-ibtidā, while examining the places of waqf and their suitability for waqf, they mostly focused on the relations of intra-sentence parsing and did not try to carry the issue to a literary ground. In the founding texts of the field of waqf-ibtidā by scholars such as Ibn al-Anbārī d. 328940, Abū Jaʿfar al-Nahhās d. 338950, and Abū Amr al-Dānī d. 4441053, as well as in the texts of scholars such as Ibn al-Ghazzāl d. 5161123 and Muḥammad b. Tayfūr al-Sajāwandī d. 5601165, who prioritised practical knowledge about the provisions of waqf places and did not go much in the way of linguistic justification in doing so. In the texts of scholars such as Ibn al-Ghazzāl and Tayfūr al-Sajāwandī, the subject was not subjected to literary explanation. However, unlike these scholars, al-Ushmūnī d.11001690 directly mentions the phenomenon of istināf al-bayānī and uses it as a means of explanation in his explanations of the places and rulings of waqf. This not only shows that al-Ushmūnī gave a literary perspective to the knowledge of waqf-ibtidā, but also shows that he partially benefited from the scientific results of the language and literary studies of waqf-ibtidā literature. Likewise, this situation shows that the later texts on waqf-ibtidā did not content themselves with the mere repetition of the information in the founding texts, but also undertook an obligation to carry the development in language and rhetoric thought to the field of waqf-ibtidā. For this reason, this article will first analyse the term istināf al-bayānī at the level of its dictionary and terminological meanings, then it will touch upon the nature of the mention of istināf al-bayānī in the tradition of Islamic thought, especially in the fields of language, rhetoric and tafsīr, and finally it will try to discover the aspect reflected in the explanations of the scholars of waqf-ibtidā.

Makale detayları

The Manifestation of Literary Dimension in the Knowledge of Waqf-Ibtidā: Example of Isti’nāf Bayānī

Yazarlar:

Mücella Hacımısıroğlu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kuran-ı Kerim Okuma ve Kıraat

Dergi:

Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.65 Issue 65, pp.235-259

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001307795

pISSN:

1302-4973

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Yazarlar: Mücella Hacımısıroğlu

Yayıncı: Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar: Kuran-ı Kerim Okuma ve Kıraat

Dergi: Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.65 Issue 65, pp.235-259

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001307795

pISSN: 1302-4973

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Yazarlar:

Mücella Hacımısıroğlu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kuran-ı Kerim Okuma ve Kıraat

Dergi:

Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.65 Issue 65, pp.235-259

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001307795

pISSN:

1302-4973