The poems of Hoca Ahmed Yesevî (Khoja Akhmet Yassawi) are called “hiqmet”,
written in stanza form and syllabic meter with a languge that the people can
understand. Yesevî aims at teaching the people manners of order, religous-sufic
subjects with his hikmets. Teaching some important subjects in simple poetic form
with meter and rhyme is a method that has been tried by many writers and
intellectuals, which has given positive/useful results in different periods of history.
The success of the method lies in the easy memorization of measured and rhymed
statements that sticks in the mind. The Quran whose verses end with sounds that can
be regarded as prose rhyme is the best example affirming this opinion. Written in
fourteenth century, Mu‘înu’l-Murîd by Sheikh İslam is also a poetic work aiming to
teach the people the rules of Islam and pillars of faith in stanzaic form. We also see
the background thoughts of Yesevî’s hiqmets in early twentieth century author Ziya
Gökalp’s prose and poetry. Gökalp thinks that national epics, Turkish folk tales and
legends, religio-mythical and historical topics can be taught easily with metrical and
ryhmed sayings. These humanistic and moral thoughts taught in poetic form led to
describing him as a sheikh coming from Khorasan or Uzbekistan. Yesevî deals with
different religious-sufic topics in his hiqmets in Dîvân. It can be said that the main
topics of his hiqmets are sharia rules, the sunna of Prophet Muhammad, love of the
prophet, the manners of Yesevî order, traditions-customs and conventions, love and
signs, difficulties of love etc. Among these, love is the reason for the change in
Ahmed-i Yesevî’s life. Reaching beloved and eternal happiness is only possible
through love.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 20, 2017 |
Submission Date | August 19, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 9 Issue: 2 |