A Survey on The Work Named “Su’âl ve Cevâbli Tefe?ül-nâme Yâhûd Kolay Remiller” In The Context of The Tradition of Tefa’ul

Abstract

Throughout history, people have been curious to learn the unknown. This curiosity led him to some activities in pursuit of knowing some events of the universe or his own future. The tradition of fortune-telling is one of these activities. With the word fortune-telling which defines all mysterious activities that aim to give information about the future and human character the tradition of tefa'ul, which means to tire of goodness and expresses rather optimistic expectations has emerged. The answer to the question of whether a job to be started, a wish to be realized or a journey to be embarked on is beneficial is sought with tefa'ul. Tefa'ul can be done with different methods such as horoscope, flower fortune, palmistry and sand fortune. However from the book, tefa'ul is the most frequently performed. After some rituals such as making ablution and praying, an answer is sought to the question of whether the intention is good or evil which is kept from some books such as the Holy Qur'an and Masnavi as well as some books such as Hafiz and Örfî divans and Sa'di's Gülistan. Apart from these there are also tefa'ul books written. The printed work named Su’âl ve Cevâbli Tefe'ül-nâme Yâhûd Kolay Remiller is one of them. In this study, the emergence of the tefa'ul tradition and its examples in Ottoman poetry will be discussed in general terms. Then the purpose of writing the work in question its form and content will be examined and at the end of the study the transcript of the work will be included.After some rituals such as making ablution and praying, an answer is sought to the question of whether the intention is good or evil which is kept from some books such as the Holy Qur'an and Masnavi as well as some books such as Hafiz and Örfî divans and Sa'di's Gülistan. Apart from these there are also tefa'ul books written. The work named Su’âl ve Cevâbli Tefe'ül-nâme Yâhûd Kolay Remiller is one of them. In this study, the emergence of the tefa'ul tradition and its examples in Ottoman poetry will be discussed in general terms. Then the purpose of writing the work in question its form and content will be examined and at the end of the study the transcript of the work will be included.

Tarih boyunca insan, bilinmeyeni ögrenme meraki içinde olmustur. Bu merak onu evrenin kimi hadiselerini ya da kendi gelecegini bilme pesinde bazi faaliyetlere sürüklemistir. Fal bak(tir)ma gelenegi bu faaliyetlerin basinda gelmektedir. Özellikle gelecek ve insan karakteri hakkinda bilgi verme amaci tasiyan bütün gizemli faaliyetleri tanimlayan fal kelimesiyle, hayra yorma manasina gelen ve daha ziyade iyimser beklentileri dile getiren tefe’ül gelenegi ortaya çikmistir. Tefe’ül ile baslanilacak bir isin, gerçeklesmesi istenen bir dilegin ya da çikilacak seferin hayirli olup olmadigi sorusuna yanit aranir. Tefe’ül yildiz fali, çiçek fali, el fali ve kum fali gibi farkli metotlarla yapilabilmektedir; ancak kitaptan tefe’ül, en sik basvurulanidir. Abdest alip dua etme gibi birtakim ritüellerden sonra Kur’ân-i Kerîm ve Mesnevî basta olmak üzere Hâfiz ve Örfî divanlari ile Sa’di’nin Gülistân’i gibi bazi kitaplardan tutulan niyetin hayir mi ser mi oldugu sorusuna cevap aranir. Bunlarin disinda yazilmis tefe’ül kitaplari da bulunmaktadir. Su?âl ve Cevâbli Tefe?ül-nâme Yâhûd Kolay Remiller isimli matbu eser de bunlardan biridir. Bu çalismada önce tefe’ül geleneginin ortaya çikisi ve Osmanli siirindenki örnekleri genel hatlariyla ele alinacaktir. Daha sonra söz konusu eserin yazilis amaci, sekil ve muhteva hususlari incelenecek, çalismanin sonunda ise eserin transkribe metnine yer verilecektir.