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. He was a Turkish Sufi philosopher and

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Life and Works

Having lost his mother and later his father at an early age, Ibrahim Hakkı was raised by his uncle who educated him for a while. He met the Ottoman Sultan

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in 1747. He returned to Erzurum, and was continuously interested in religious and scientific matters. Having written 15 books in the “manzum” and regular styles and a great number in Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, amongst Ibrahim Hakkı's most important works are the ''Divan'' and ''Marifetname''. In 1756 he published '' Marifetname'' (''Book of Gnosis''), a compilation and commentary on astronomy, mathematics, anatomy, psychology, philosophy, and Islamic mysticism. It is famous for containing the first treatment of post- Copernican astronomy by a Muslim scholar ('' 'ālim'').''Marifetname'' contains

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Theology

Core to Erzurumi's philosophy is that self-examination is absolutely necessary as part of the process of the discovery of God: ''"Allah has revealed in His Divine Books, and has sent His prophets as guides to help lead us back to heedfulness. Only those who are able to wake up and rediscover that which is holy within themselves, can come close to our Creator, which is perfection."'' He is widely quoted for saying, "If we take one step towards Allah, He will come running to meet us," which is derived from a

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.Hadith Qudsi 15. On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: Allah the Almighty said: "I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed." It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah)
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(in Turkish) * https://plus.google.com/collection/YNLbsB {{DEFAULTSORT:Erzurumi, Ibrahim Hakki Muslim encyclopedists Non-fiction writers of the Ottoman Empire Scientists of the Ottoman Empire Philosophers of the Ottoman Empire Astronomers of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Sufis Sufi saints of the Ottoman Empire Islamic mysticism Islamic philosophers 1703 births 1780 deaths 18th-century astronomers 18th-century scientists Hanafis Maturidis