General Features of the Catechism ？ifaü’l-Qul？b and Ziyaü’l-Qub？r by Sheikh Bekir

Shifaü’l-Qul？b ve Ziyaü’l-Qub？r is an Islamic catechism in Ottoman Turkish written by Sheikh Bekir in H. 1143 (AD 1731). The present study is an analysis of this work including detailed information on the general philological features and linguistic properties of the work. The work consists of 10 chapters, and each chapter is written on a different topic that is intended to educate the public through preaching and advising about the common features and teachings of the Islam. In this work, after the introductory part on the general aspects of each chapter of the work, linguistic features of the work are presented. The findings of this article could be taken as an important contribution to the studies of Ottoman Turkish. The present article is an extended part of our doctoral thesis on the philological and linguistic aspects of the work