MEHMET ŞERAFEDDİN YALTKAYA'NIN ALLAH VE İSLAM TASAVVURU: REFORM DÜŞÜNCESİ BAĞLAMINDA KISA BİR İNCELEME
MEHMET ŞERAFEDDIN YALTKAYA'S CONCEPTİON OF GOD AND ISLAM: A BRIEF REVIEW IN THE CONTEXT OF REFORM THOUGHT

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with M. Şerafeddin Yaltkaya's understanding of God and his thoughts on innovation in religion. Yaltkaya's thought structure was influenced by the important political events and intellectual movements of his period. Unlike the traditional methods of Kalam science, his acceptance of intuition as a source of knowledge and his identification of religious belief with social events caused him to develop different ideas from other Kalam scholars. Despite his contributions, Yaltkaya has become a controversial figure due to his ideas about the religious reform project of his time and his thoughts about some theological principles. Yaltkaya's understanding of God focuses on the existence and unity of God. He argues that the concept of Allah is not an abstract concept and that especially the adjectives mentioned in the Quran are metaphorical. This idea contains a criticism against the tecsim movement in Islamic sects. According to Yaltkaya, the ninetynine names of Allah do not come in addition to his primary attributes. Yaltkaya advocates unquestioning obedience to God. According to him, a deep faith in the existence of God requires compliance with God's commands, and without this compliance, faith is considered weak. Yaltkaya has a vision of God who approaches His servants with love and mercy, and emphasizes that mercy is a quality of God that encompasses all beings.

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