Research Article

YUSUF'S AND THE PADISAH'S DREAMS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF MOTIFS IN ÇÂKERÎ'S YUSUF U ZULEYHA MUSNAVI

ABSTRACT

The dream motif and dream interpretations are important in the religion of Islam. In the story mentioned in Surah Yusuf in the Qur'an, the dream motif and the interpretations of dreams have a special value. In our study, first of all, theoretical information about dream and dream interpretation definitions are given. In addition, the presence of these dreams and their interpretations in the Qur'an's Surah Yusuf and the Torah is indicated. The dreams of Yusuf and the Sultan in the Yusuf u Züleyha Masnavi of Çâkerî, one of the masnavi poets of the 15th century, and the motifs of the dreams are interpreted.

Keywords

Çâkerî's Masnavi of Yusuf u Züleyhâ Surah Yusuf Dream Motifs