Alevilik ve Bektaşilik'te "Nur" ve "Mişkât" Kavramlarının Nur Suresi 35. Ayeti Bağlamında İzahı ve Bir İbadet Formuna Bürünmesi

Abstract

This study deals with conceptual meanings of the word “Light” in “Allahu nuru’s-semavati ve arz-God is the light of the heavens and the earth” in the 35th verse of Sūrah an-Nur. Referring to the waythe word “nūr” is considered as a concept and term in Sufism literature, it tries to explain the meaninggained by the Alawi Bektashi community around transforming this verse into an important part ofdhikr by using the sources dealing with verse, commentary and Qur’ān words. As the Alevi andBektashi community read the verse of Nur as the opening of the square or the beginning of the Cem,and the reading of the Gulbanks for this practice and the evaluation of the issue within the frameworkof the 35 and 37th verses of Sūrah an-Nūr, along with the word Light in the verse, Mishkat is givenas a word and a concept.The concept of “nur” mentioned in the verse “Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth” andthe explanation of this light with symbolic expressions in the continuation of the verse have been atopic that has been emphasized since the first periods. While some Islamic scholars only interpretedthese symbols, others turned it into a form of worship based on these symbolic expressions. Thisverse has been ritualized in Alawism and Bektashism as warning Cerag (light or sacred light) andthis subject will be focused on in the present study. These practices are called erkân (rule) and theyare preserved and transferred with the works called “Erkanname” where the practices are recorded.Ultimately, the issues such as God’s being the Light of the heavens and the earth, that this light hasexisted since the beginning of creation and that it will never be extinguished are also mentioned inthis study. Therefore, it was emphasized that the statements used around cerag and its service werecarefully selected and used, that cerag is not burned, it’s re-stimulated, and cerag is not extinguished,it is left to rest.