Afetlerin Ceza Olduğunu Çağrıştıran Ayetlere Mâtürîdî'nin Yaklaşımı (original) (raw)

This study has investigated how the verses, which we think imply that disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods, avalanches, and droughts occur as a result of sins, are interpreted in tafsīr sources, especially in Māturīdī's tafsīr titled Ta'wilāt al-Qur'ān. In this way, in al-Ta'wīlat and some other tafsīrs, it has been tried to determine whether the verses in question indicate that the disasters experienced are a punishment that occurs due to the sins committed. Although it is generally accepted that people living before the Prophet were punished with various disasters in the world life due to the sins they committed, there is a dispute as to whether the disasters experienced after the Prophet would be punishment or not. In some tafsīrs, it is seen that all the calamities that people face, including disasters, are explained as occurring because of the negative actions and sins that people commit. In some recent academic studies, it is stated that the disasters experienced have nothing to do with the sins committed by people and that these are ordinary natural events. At this point, it is important for the science of tafsīr and kalam to determine what al-Māturīdī thought about the subject since he was the first commentator who tried to justify and defend the thoughts of Ahl al-Sunnah in his tafsir and his tafsir was among the first of the rational tafsirs. For this reason, in this study, especially Māturīdī's views were tried to be identified and compared with the views of other commentators. In this study, in which the qualitative research method was applied, first, the verses that are thought to be associated with the issue of whether disasters are a punishment for sins committed or not were identified. Then, the documented data were analyzed based on the tafsīrs, and a conclusion was tried to be reached. Under the heading of conceptual framework, the framework of the subject has been tried to be made clear by giving the root Māturīdī's Approach to the Verses Calling Disasters as Punishment | 43