Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TİB-160TASAVVUFUN TARİHİNE GİRİŞ - IElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The main aim of this course is introduce asceticism, sufism and sufi orders in which important processes of the History of Sufism.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Bekir Köle
Learning Outcomes
1Students learn processes and periods of the historical development of sufism
2AStudents can express periods of sufi orders and their systematized processes
3Students understand influence of sufi orders in today’s sufistic life
4Students learn early founders of the orders and their activities
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
After completing this course, students will have information about the process of history of Sufism and comprehend the development of these processes. Students also understand place of Sufism in Islamic culture
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Period of asceticism: Periods of The Prophet (pbuh) and Companions
2Asceticism in the Period of the Followers
3Asceticism in the Second Century AH
4The Schools of Asceticism
5The Period Sufism
6The Ways and Schools of Sufism
7The Period of Sufi Orders: Early Founders of Sufi Orders
8MIDTERM EXAM
9Abdul Qadir Jilani, Ahmad al-Rifai
10Bektashi Order, Ahmad al-Yasawi
11Other Founders of Sufi Orders: Najm al-Din Kubra,Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi
12Ibn al-Arabi
13Abu al-Hasan Shazali, Ahmad al-Badawi
14Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi
15FINAL EXAM
16
Recommended or Required Reading
Basic Contexts: 1.Muhâsibî, Ebu Abdullah el-Hâris b.Esed, er-Riâye li Hukûkillah, th. Abdulkadir Ahmed Ata, Daru’l-Kutubi’l-İlmiyye, Beyrut trz. 2. Kelâbâzî, Ebû Bekir Muhammed b. İshak Buharî, et-Taarruf li Mezhebi Ehli’t-Tasavvuf, yay. Matbaa-i Saâdet, Mısır 1302. 3. Kuşeyrî, Abdülkerîm, er-Risâle, Mısır 1318, yay. Matbaatü Âmireti’s-Serîre. 4. Mekkî, Ebû Tâlib, Kûtu’l-Kulûb, yay. Envâru’l-Muhammediyye Matbaası, Kahire 1985, c.II. Auxilary Contexts: 1. Hasan Kamil Yılmaz, Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar, Ensar Neşriyat, İstanbul 1997. 2. el-Hucvirî, Keşfü’l-Mahcûb, terc. Süleyman Uludağ, Hakîkat Bilgisi, İstanbul 1982. 3. Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, Mesnevî, çev. Veled İzbudak, İstanbul 1996. 1. es-Sühreverdî, Avârifü’l-Maârif (Avârif), terc. Hasan Kâmil Yılmaz-İrfan Gündüz, Tasavvufun Esasları, İstanbul 1990. 4. Ebû Nasr Serrâc et-Tûsî, el-Lüma’, terc. H. Kâmil Yılmaz, İslâm Tasavvufu, İstanbul 1996 5. Abdülhakim Yüce, “Kalb Hayatı” (er-Riâye Çevirisi), İzmir 1997. 6. Mustafa Kara, Metinlerle Günümüz Tasavvuf Hareketleri, Dergah Yayınları, İstanbul 2002. 7. Mustafa Aşkar, Tasavvuf Tarihi Literatürü, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara 2001. Ethem Cebecioğlu, Tasavvuf Terimleri ve Deyimleri Sözlüğü, Ankara 1997.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination155
Final Examination155
Criticising Paper7749
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination11515
Reading14798
Homework8756
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)243
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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