ʿĀrif
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- عارف
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- Mevlidü’n-nebī
- The mathnawi written in 841, narrates the birth of the prophet Muhammad. The only copy known is incomplete, including only the first 216 couplets of the work which must be 743 couplets in total. It is the third Mevlid written in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13)’s the Mevlid and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422)’s the Vesīletü’n-necāt.
- Miʿrācü’n-nebī
- The mathnawi written in 841, depicts the prophet Muhammad's ascension. The only copy known of the work which must be consisted of 1855 couplets, has 1729 couplets; having missing parts from the beginning and in the middle.
- Mürşidü’l-ʿubbād
- ʿĀrif’s first work is a didactic mathnawi written in 841, consisting of 2042 couplets, in which the narrator gives counsels about religion, tasawwuf and ethics.
- Nüsḫa-ı ʿĀlem ve Şerḥü’l-Ādem
- The mathnawi consisting of 368 couplets is written in 841. It is about the Sufi understanding of human being holding a microcosmos in himself. In this work, ʿĀrif explains the idea that every element in the universe has an equivalent in human body.
- Untitled Mathnawi
- This is a short mathnawi consisting of 39 couplets in which the poet advises against the temptations presented by the soul and the devil.
- Vefātü’n-nebī
- The mathnawi accomplished in 5th Rebīʿü’l-āḫir 842, consisting of 1402 couplets is about the sickness and the death of the prophet Muhammad and how these incidents affected his companions. At the end of the Vefātü’n-nebī, ʿĀrif gives the total number of the couplets contained in his five mathnawis, consisting of 4000 in total.