COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARLY HISTORY OF SUFISM I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5151 EARLY HISTORY OF SUFISM I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GÖKBULUT

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to inculcate formation, development and transformation of Sufi thought and istitutions in the historical process, and to introduce to persons and events in the history of Sufism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student knows the ascetic life of the Prophet.(Muhammed)
2   He knows social and political events in the period of Sufism that appeared
3   He comprehends how the rice/appearance of Sufism
4   He recognizes the major Sufi centers and schools
5   He knows the leading figures of the period of asceticism and Sufism

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: History of Sufism Periods
2 Asceticism in the verses and hadiths
3 Events of the Caliphes (Hulefa-yı Raşidin) period and Extension of the Asceticism
4 Ashab al Suff as Model Figures for Sufis
5 Ascetics and the first Sufis
6 School of Asceticism and Their Features
7 Mid-Term exam
8 Mid-Term exam
9 The Certain Figures in the Sufi Period: Haris Muhasibi
10 Bayezid Bistami
11 Cüneyd-i Bağdadi
12 Hallac-ı Mansur
13 Zünnûn-ı Mısrî
14 Ebu Süleyman ed-Dârânî, Hamdun Kassâr

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:
1. Louis Massignon, Doğuş Devrinde Islam Tasavvufu, (çev: M. Ali Aynî), Istanbul 2006.
2. Hucviri, Keşfü'l-Mahcub Hakikat Bilgisi, (Haz: S. Uludağ), Istanbul 1982.
3. Kuşeyri, Risale, (Haz: S. Uludağ), Istanbul 1999.
4. Hasan Kamil Yılmaz, "Tasavvufi Açıdan Ashab-ı Suffa", Tasavvuf Ilmi ve Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, yıl: 3, sa: 7, Eylül- Aralık 2001, 9-31.
5. Süleyman Uludağ, Bayezid-i Bistami Hayatı-Menkıbeleri Fikirleri, TDV Yayınları, Ankara, 1994.
6. Süleyman Uludağ, "Bayezid Bestami", DIA,
7. Süleyman Ateş, Cüneyd-i Bağdadi ve Mektupları,
8. Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, Hallac-ı Mansur ve Eseri, Istanbul 1997.
9. Mustafa Tatçı, Hallac-ı Mansur Menakıbnamesi, Istanbul 2008.
10. Massignon, Hallac-ı Mansur'un Çilesi, Ardıç Yayınları, Istanbul 2006.
11. Süleyman Ateş, Cüneyd- i Bağdadi / Hayatı, Eserleri ve Mektupları, ty, yy.
12. Mustafa Aşkar, Tasavvuf Tarihi Literatürü, Istanbul 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

By the Lecturing and questions- answers, will be analyzed and evaluated the issues under discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.gokbulut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 -16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.13
LO.24
LO.34
LO.42
LO.53

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