Faculty of Theology

Dear Students

Undoubtedly, religion has existed from the moment of human existence. Because the feeling of belief is a state of human nature. Religion in general, and Islam in particular, is the whole of the divine messages sent to people by Allah as a requirement of this sense of belief. These messages are meant to draw those who deviate from the line of humanity and normalize cruelty and injustice to the line of humanity (sırat-ı müstakime). As a matter of fact, all prophets struggled for this, even if it cost them their lives, they tried to remind people of their humanity.

Dear students, there is an essence that sustains everything. In this sense, a person has to be aware of his own essence, as well as to know the essence of everything he finds in his world. Because people reach the exact definition of everything with their essence. For example, if a person does not know his own essence, he cannot recognize and define himself correctly. In this sense, the essence of man is his pure nature in his inner world. A person who does not know this cannot build his self, personality and character on a solid foundation. Because moral virtues exist on this basis. If a person does not break the wall of evil that surrounds him, he cannot find his pure nature; then it identifies itself not with its essence, but also with its relevance, the evils that surround it. Such people continue their lives on the slippery ground of a virtuous world, by declaring for themselves that "I am a bad person, I can no longer be a man".

The essence of Islam is morality. The struggle of our Prophet is to convey this "Good Morality" to the human nature, which is actually clean.

Dear students, One of the most important duties of theology faculties is to understand religion correctly, to live correctly and to offer lives that can be role models for people. For this, we must live as a whole, without separating the three basic elements of the religion of Islam, consisting of "belief, worship and morality", and reveal the good morality that is the fruit of them. Because authentic beliefs and worship, which form the basis of religion, are means, and virtuous behavior is the goal. If our beliefs and practices do not reveal the virtuous life, which is the basis of good morals, then the means do not take us to our destination.

Distinguished students, The aim of theology faculties is to ensure that the basic elements of religion, belief, worship and morality, are understood as a whole and correctly; to create a virtuous life model in this direction. For this reason, our task is to descend to the basic sources of religion and the scientific accumulation based on these sources, and to present the information we receive from them to the understanding of our age.

 

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. Hasan AYIK