Felsefe ve Tasavvufta Sefer Metaforu: Aklî ve Manevî Yolculuk
The Expedition Metaphor in Philosophy and Sufism: Rational and Spiritual Journey

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this study is the concept of "expedition" which is a common concept in philosophy and sufism. The concept of expedition, in a close sense in both disciplines, expresses the intellectual and spiritual journeys of the person who turns to the truth, from internal to external and from external world (âfâk) to the inwardness (enfus). In philosophy, the concepts of expedition is the intellectual endeavours, mental researches, intellectual journeys and state "be on the way" that must be equipped on the path of eternal wisdom while seeking the knowledge and truth that man naturally longs for. In sufism, as a more basic and founding concept, expedition is a metaphor that implies both the inner transformations of the heart/soul that turn towards God and the truth, and the return of the human who came to the world from his original homeland, to his place or homeland. The aim of the study is to make a conceptual analysis of the metaphor of expedition, which is frequently used in philosophy and sufism, and to shed light on the concept of expedition from point of view where the two disciplines converge. The scope of the study will be limited to the thoughts of Ibn al-Arabi, one of the pioneers of theoretical sufism, and Mulla Sadra, one of the important post-classical period figures of Islamic philosophy, on this concept.

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