%0 Journal Article %T The Importance Abu'l-Hasan Al-Kharakani Gives to The Thought %A Ahmet Emin Seyhan %J - %D 2018 %X el-Kharakani Turkish-Islamic scholar and a great mystic (d. 425/1033), who spent in his every moment with thought and advised constantly his followers the thought, is a thinker. el-Kharakani reached a depth beyond the metaphysical through dependence on Qur'an and Sunnah, quidance of his murshid el-Kassab (d. 409/1018) and example of spiritual murshid Bayazid (d. 234/848). el-Kharakani didn¡¯t move away from the society, he was always interested in education, supported lifelong learning and evaluated education as one of the most important activities. el-Kharakani gave striking messages when he shared thoughts of mind his disciples and wanted them to reach these degrees when he was telling the high spiritual condition he lived. These informations he gave to his disciples are to provide them to think big. He taught that a man contemplating would plan his time and always use the time an effective and efficient manner and manage very important work. It is possible to transfer all of these religious experiences with good procedures and methods, ¡°focusing on his work and self-selecting a good role model and following his teachings¡±. Therefore el-Kharakani took himself Bayazid, a scholar who mystic, as a role model and intended to pass him in spiritual issues and reach a higher target. He managed to become one of distinguished the figures in this area as a result of perseverance and determination and left deep effect on those who came after him. In this study, the importance el-Kharakani gives to the thought were evaluated and the messages he gave to his students were focused and to have knowledge about the life style based on contemplation was maintained %K el-Harak¨¡n£¿ %K Bayez£¿d-i Bistam£¿ %K Tasavvuf %K Tefekk¨¹r %K M¨¹tefekkir %U http://dergipark.org.tr/kafkasilahiyat/issue/38491/367385