About the Work and the Author
Cloth Hard Cover
20 x 14.5 cm in size
450 pages
Commentary on the Creed The Great Catechism is one of the important examples of the tradition of commentary on the creed that started in the Ottoman period. Kadızâde Ahmed b. Mehmed Emin, Hâlid el-Bağdâdî, Kemahlı Feyzullah Efendi, Dâvûd-i Karsî and Seyyid Ömer b. It is among the works of thinkers such as Abdurrahman. However, the most common and well-known works of this tradition belong to Kadızâde and Numan Kurtulmuş.
Numan Kurtulmuş was born in Kastamonu in 1887, completed his military training and participated in many wars. After being seriously injured in the Battle of Sakarya, he retired and settled in Istanbul in 1932 and wrote important works such as the commentary on the creed. In addition, his works such as Translation of Thousand and One Hadiths, Gift for Quran Enthusiasts, Friday and Eid Sermons have also been published.
Commentary on the Faith deals with faith and fiqh issues under 117 headings in six chapters. The work, which begins with theological topics such as Tawhid, Names of Husna, and evidence of the existence of Allah, covers topics such as the types, characteristics and duties of angels. The book, in which the information about the Hanafi sect is generally discussed, draws attention with its third section, which deals with faith in the books that give it the identity of catechism. In addition, one of the prophets mentioned in the Quran is Hz. It is completed with sections covering Muhammad's prophethood, the afterlife, and issues of fate and destiny.
The work, which was the first commentary on the creed published in new letters during the Republic period, was praised by Hasan Basri Çantay and attracted the attention of the public and met their needs at a time when religious books written in Turkish were rare after the closure of madrasahs. The work, which was first published in 1943, has reached a wide readership through twenty editions to date.
