The Human–Nature Relationship in the Mind of Yunus Emre: A Mystical Reading on Amanah Consciousness
Religions May 3, 2026 Muhammadullah Haji Moh Naseem, Meryem Gürbüz
This study examines the human–nature relationship in the thoughts of Yunus Emre (d. ca. 1320) and addresses the Qur’anic positioning of humanity as laden with responsibility through the idea of amanah (entrustment), while focusing on Yunus Emre’s reflections on this concept as both a mystical stance and a moral state. His poems place humanity not as an absolute claim of ownership over the world...