Hikâyet-i Râziye’de Kahramanın Manevi Yolculuğu ve İnsanlığın Ortak Deneyimi
The Spiritual Journey Of the Hero And the Common Experience of Humanity in Hikâyet-i Râziya

Summary/Abstract: According to religious beliefs, God has bestowed a part of His own spirit upon His creations. Consequently, both women and men are reflections of God. In the manuscript titled Hikâyet-i Râziye, the narrative explores the experiences of the protagonist, an imam named Abdullah ibn Mubarak, after he falls into pridefulness; it depicts his internal struggle and spiritual enlightenment, which are shaped within the context of the events following his encounter with Raziyya Hatun from a Sufi perspective. A spiritual journey often involves a character’s subconscious battle and the spiritual enlightenment they ultimately achieve. Although the journey of the cleric is told in the story, his journey with Raziyya Hatun carries important messages in terms of his maturation and his understanding the mistake he made. God’s appearance in female form serves as an intermediary in the sense of having control over the souls of men and guiding them to the truth. When viewed from the perspective of the creation of symbolic meaning, it can be understood that the divine and the human are integrated and the essence of existence is reached, especially in the case of Abdullah b. Mubarak and Raziyya Hatun. In this study, the aim is to make inferences about the religious language and to present a sample text based on the experiences of the hero’s spiritual journey. Furthermore, the language and historical context of the text, which was transcribed for the first time, were examined and the spiritual journey of the hero in Sufi thought was discussed through a philological method. Based on the text, it has been concluded that in addition to the personal story and transformation of the hero, the figure of the wise woman is handled, and the moral values of the society are emphasized by making inferences about the outside world as a result of the common experience of humanity. In conclusion, the progression of the subject matter aligns significantly with the hero’s spiritual journey as formulated by J. Campbell; the protagonist Abdullah b. Mubarak has discovered his divine form and completed the hero’s task by regaining wisdom.

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