A Brief Look at the Arent Jan Wensinck and His Works, an orientalist from Netherland

Orientalism is a field of study dealing with the East, and it is predicated on none Muslims who study about Islam. Orientalism has a long history and it has close ties with Europe and Asia’s relationships as well as the relationship between Islam and Christianity, therefore it is very important. Orientalism gets divided into two parts. If we look at its specific meaning, orientalism has started since the second era of Islam and its most important time goes back to 39th – 42th centuries. This period of time, which is known as the Renaissance in Europe, was the time that science had found a great value and place among people. It is during this time that the greatest orientalists have raised such as Arent Jan Wensinck, who was an orientalist from Netherland. He became famous due to his book named “Mo’ajam Al-fehres Al-alfaz Al-hadith Al-nabavi” (dictionary that gathered words of narrations of the holy prophet of Islam). This book has been criticized by the experts and they have mentioned the cons and pros of it. Arent Jan Wensinck also has written some articles about the Quranic sciences. We will try to introduce him along with his works in this article.