Molla Gürânî’s Objections to the Primary Sources of Gâyetü'l-emânî

Abstract

Molla Gürânî (d. 893/1488), who wrote works in almost every field of Islamic sciences, converted to the Hanafi sect and was appointed as a professor after he came to Anatolia. Gürânî, who was later appointed as the tutor of Mehmed II, took place in the office of shaykh al-Islam during the Fatih the Conqueror period and enabled the empire to enter a new era in many aspects in terms of law. Molla Gürânî, who has come to the fore in many sciences, has produced works in various fields. Gürânî, who excelled in sciences such as exegesis, hadith, fıqh, syntax and rhetoric, wrote original works in each of these fields and made his criticism personality speak in almost all of these works. The most prominent work among these works is his exegesis titled Gâyetü'l-emânî. In this work, which has the basic features found in all classical commentaries on Quran, Gürânî examined the verses in terms of usage, syntax and rhetoric; exegesis, grammar, hadith, fıqh, kalam etc. written before him. He made quotations from the sources belonging to the fields and subjected some of his quotations to serious criticism. Taking into all this consideration, we can state that Gürânî has a unique understanding of interpretation and criticism among his contemporaries at that time. In this article, Gürânî's criticism style, narration and insight features of Gâyetü'l-emânî are examined in this context, and details about the content of the work and the importance of his work as a whole will be given in-depth.