AYINTÂBÎ’NİN TERCÜME‐İ TİBYÂN TEFSİRİNİN MUHTEVA VE METOD BAKIMINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

The Commentary of Terceme-i Tibyan was written by Muhammed b. Hamza el-Ayntabi ed-Debbag, who was also known as Tefsiri Mehmet Efendi, upon the will of Sultan IV. Mehmed. The Sultan wanted Ayintâbi to translate Koran, the original of which is in Arabic, into Turkish and explain the secrets, unique truths, metaphors and graceful examples of it. After Ayntabi wrote the Commentary, he presented it to the Sultan and the the people. We realized that some of the commentaries of Tercume-i Tibyân in our library were recorded in the name of Şeyhulislam Debbagzâde Muhammed b. Mahmud. We also came across that in some bibliography sources, the commentary of Tercume-i Tibyân was recorded among the Works of Şeyhulislam Debbagzâde Muhammed b. Mahmud. We determined that the commentaries of Tercume-i Tibyân which was recorded in the name of Şeyhulislam Debbagzâde Muhammed b. Mahmud in our libraries was actually the commentary of Tercume-i Tibyân which belonged to Muhammed b. Hamza el-Ayintâbi ed-Debbag. We determined that in the bibliography sources, this commentary was recorded among the works of Şeyhulislam Debbagzâde Muhammed b. Mahmud by mistake, in fact its author was Muhammed b. Hamza el-Ayintâbi ed-Debbag. Ayntabi wrote the commentary using the quotations from Begavi’s, Razi’s and Beydavi’s commentaries. He, when needed, used some other quotations, too. We also identified that this commentary wasn’t the translation of Hizir b. Abdurrahman el-Ezdi’s Tibyân commentary.    Yrd. Doc. Dr., Ordu Universitesi Ilahiyat Fakultesi (orbilgin@hotmail.com). Bu makale Orhan Iyibilgin’in Ayintâbi’nin Tercume‐i Tibyân Tefsirinin Muhteva ve Metod Bakimindan Degerlendi‐rilmesi adli doktora tezinden (I. Baski, Kastamonu 2013) faydalanarak hazirlanmistir. In our study we evaluated resources of the commentary, the content and the method which Ayntabi followed while writing the commentary of Tercume-i Tibyân by giving information. The information about the writer of Tercume-i Tibyân and its interpreter was clarified. Besides, in our study we enlightened the position of this commentary /Tercume-i Tibyân in the Commentary Activities in the Ottoman Age.