Muhammad Emin Er (c. 1914 – 27 June 2013) was an Islamic scholar trained in the
Ottoman tradition and former student of Bediüzzaman
Said Nursi. He was born in the Ottoman province of
Diyarbakır and his family belonged to a
Kurd ug:كۇردلار
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ish tribe called Miran.
Emin Er has published a large number of books in Arabic, focusing on the basic disciplines within Arabic
linguistics (such as
morphology,
syntax
In linguistics, syntax () is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, grammatical relations, hierarchical sentence structure ( constituency) ...
, and
logic), as well as more advanced disciplines (such as
Islamic law, especially in relation to spiritual psychology, or
Sufism
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
). He has stated that a major goal of his scholarship is to adapt the traditional religious sciences of
Islam
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to present-day needs and concerns.
Emin Er is known for statements concerning the compatibility of Islamic thought with the teachings of the Judeo-Christian tradition, in particular that the rigorous emulation of the life of
Muhammad necessarily leads the believer to the emulation of Jesus and Moses.
[Muhammad Emin Er, ''Laws of the Heart: A Practical Introduction to the Sufi Path'', Shifâ Publishers, 2008, ]
References
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Year of birth uncertain
2013 deaths
20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Kurdish scholars
Kurdish Arabists