Abstract:

The Sufis who mention a type of knowledge that cannot be reached with opinion and deduction have called that type of knowledge marifa. On the other hand, the general assumption that verses have various degrees of meaning has brought along the claim that there are different means of perception according to each degree of meaning. These means of perception have been embraced within the framework of the term “heart”, which is accepted as a means of knowledge to reach marifa by the Sufis. Accepted as one of the leading figures in the process of including Islamic sufism among epistemological disciplines; Qushairi’s point of view on sufistic knowledge/marifa and matters like the value of heart in this process is highly important. This study will embrace the importance of heart as a means of perception in the process of perceiving the truth within the context of the interpretation named Letâifü’l-işârât by Qushairi, which has an important place in the işârî interpretation literature, as well as its relationship with marifa, the importance of tasfiya in making the heart functional as a competence of perception and the author's views on the concepts such as sadr, fuad, lübb which have close meanings to the heart.

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