REVIEW VUCÛDİ’L-VÂCİB (VUCÛDU’L-MEBDEİ’L-EVVEL)

Name: REVIEW VUCÛDİ’L-VÂCİB (VUCÛDU’L-MEBDEİ’L-EVVEL)
Author: Molla Lütfî, Sarı Lutfî, Deli Lütfî, Maktûl Lütfî, Lütfullâh (b. around 850/around 1446 - d. 900/1494)

Title	REVIEW VUCÛDİ’L-VÂCİB (VUCÛDU’L-MEBDEİ’L-EVVEL)
Author	Molla Lütfî, Sarı Lutfî, Deli Lütfî, Maktûl Lütfî, Lütfullâh (b. around 850/around 1446 - d. 900/1494)
Publication Date:	20/10/2022
Subject	Written Literature / Divan Literature - work about existence, existence
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Library:	Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works
Record ID	risale-fi-tahkiki-vucudi-l-vacib-vucudu-l-mebdei-l-evvel-tees-1522
Date	?
Notes	A prose treatise in which the author examines the issue of existence, which is one of the problems of Sufism, theology and philosophy. Another naming of the work written in Arabic, which can be translated as "Treatise on the Investigation of the Existence of the Necessary", is Risâle fî Tahkîk-i Vücûd-i Mebde'i'l-Evvel (Treatise on the Investigation of the Existence of the First Being). The influence of Ibn Sina is seen in this treatise, which the author devotes to the proof of the necessary existence. At the beginning of his work, he states that the theologians and philosophers do not fully understand Ibn Sina and that is why they object. The reason for writing the treatise was "...my devotion to my past led me to realize the truth and verify the truth." says. He quotes from the works of Ibn Sina, whom he describes as "Reisü'l-Hükemâ" (the leader of philosophers), named Mübahasât, Şifave İşârâ. In his work, the author divides existence into two as vacibü'l-vücûd (necessary existence) and mümkinü'l-vücûd (possible existence). The proof of necessary existence is based on the distinction between existence and essence. He says that there cannot be a distinction between existence and quiddity in necessary beings, and that in the absence of this distinction, one can talk about the essence of the necessary being, not its essence. The author accepts the distinction between existence and quiddity in possible beings. In possible beings, existence is incidental to the essence. Because possible existence needs a cause to create it. This reason comes from outside. In this case, the existence of the entity that will cause it must be from itself. This is the necessary existence that does not have a cause apart from itself. Molla Lütfi says in his work that general existence is a necessity of necessary existence. However, necessary existence does not need general existence. Because there is no reason for necessary existence, there is no reason for its existence in a special sense, that is, its descent. This approach of his was also mentioned before in Ibn Sina and his commentator Nasireddin Tûsî. The treatise can be found in Süleymaniye Library, Yenicami, no. One copy is recorded in 1181/30 and one in Leiden Universiteitsbibliothek, Or., 958 (5). For the biography of the author, see. “Mollâ Lütfî, Sarı Lutfî, Deli Lütfî, Maktûl Lütfî, Lütfullâh”. Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.
ISBN	978-9944-237-87-1
Madde Yazarı	AHMET CAHİD HAKSEVER
Alfabesi	Arap
Yapısı	Mensur
Niteliği	Telif
Kaynakça	Maraş, İbrahim (1992).Molla Lütfî’nin Felsefî ve Kelâmî Görüşleri.Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü.
Atıf Bilgileri	HAKSEVER, AHMET CAHİD. "RİSÂLE FÎ TAHKÎKİ VUCÛDİ’L-VÂCİB (VUCÛDU’L-MEBDEİ’L-EVVEL)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/risale-fi-tahkiki-vucudi-l-vacib-vucudu-l-mebdei-l-evvel-tees-1522. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].

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REVIEW VUCÛDİ’L-VÂCİB (VUCÛDU’L-MEBDEİ’L-EVVEL)

Author Molla Lütfî, Sarı Lutfî, Deli Lütfî, Maktûl Lütfî, Lütfullâh (b. around 850/around 1446 - d. 900/1494)

Publication Date 20/10/2022

Subject Written Literature / Divan Literature - work about existence, existence

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript No

Library Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works

Record ID risale-fi-tahkiki-vucudi-l-vacib-vucudu-l-mebdei-l-evvel-tees-1522

Date ?

Notes A prose treatise in which the author examines the issue of existence, which is one of the problems of Sufism, theology and philosophy. Another naming of the work written in Arabic, which can be translated as "Treatise on the Investigation of the Existence of the Necessary", is Risâle fî Tahkîk-i Vücûd-i Mebde'i'l-Evvel (Treatise on the Investigation of the Existence of the First Being). The influence of Ibn Sina is seen in this treatise, which the author devotes to the proof of the necessary existence. At the beginning of his work, he states that the theologians and philosophers do not fully understand Ibn Sina and that is why they object. The reason for writing the treatise was "...my devotion to my past led me to realize the truth and verify the truth." says. He quotes from the works of Ibn Sina, whom he describes as "Reisü'l-Hükemâ" (the leader of philosophers), named Mübahasât, Şifave İşârâ. In his work, the author divides existence into two as vacibü'l-vücûd (necessary existence) and mümkinü'l-vücûd (possible existence). The proof of necessary existence is based on the distinction between existence and essence. He says that there cannot be a distinction between existence and quiddity in necessary beings, and that in the absence of this distinction, one can talk about the essence of the necessary being, not its essence. The author accepts the distinction between existence and quiddity in possible beings. In possible beings, existence is incidental to the essence. Because possible existence needs a cause to create it. This reason comes from outside. In this case, the existence of the entity that will cause it must be from itself. This is the necessary existence that does not have a cause apart from itself. Molla Lütfi says in his work that general existence is a necessity of necessary existence. However, necessary existence does not need general existence. Because there is no reason for necessary existence, there is no reason for its existence in a special sense, that is, its descent. This approach of his was also mentioned before in Ibn Sina and his commentator Nasireddin Tûsî. The treatise can be found in Süleymaniye Library, Yenicami, no. One copy is recorded in 1181/30 and one in Leiden Universiteitsbibliothek, Or., 958 (5). For the biography of the author, see. “Mollâ Lütfî, Sarı Lutfî, Deli Lütfî, Maktûl Lütfî, Lütfullâh”. Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.

ISBN 978-9944-237-87-1

Madde Yazarı AHMET CAHİD HAKSEVER

Alfabesi Arap

Yapısı Mensur

Niteliği Telif

Kaynakça Maraş, İbrahim (1992).Molla Lütfî’nin Felsefî ve Kelâmî Görüşleri.Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü.

Atıf Bilgileri HAKSEVER, AHMET CAHİD. "RİSÂLE FÎ TAHKÎKİ VUCÛDİ’L-VÂCİB (VUCÛDU’L-MEBDEİ’L-EVVEL)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/risale-fi-tahkiki-vucudi-l-vacib-vucudu-l-mebdei-l-evvel-tees-1522. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].