Sultan Valad’s Revolutionary Points with Regard to the Interpretation of Quranic Revelations in Light of the Earlier Mystical Works

Sultan Valad is considered as the elder and pioneer of the Mawlawiyya way who followed his father Mawlana Jaladodin and imitated his father style in creating texture. This way he tried to explain his father thoughts and worldview. Although Sultan was very influenced by his father’s discourse in his works, he has gained some new experiences with practical action, and this has caused the creation of novice ideas on some of the topics of theology, Quran and Hadith and Islamic mysticism. Reflection on Sultan Valad works shows that he has a great tendency to interpret like other elders of Mawlawiyya way. Many of the interpretations seen in Sultan Valad’s works affected by Shams Tabrizi's writings and his father’s works. The authors of this study, which was based on library studies and was done by a descriptive-analytical method, analyzed Sultan Vald's new insight with regard to the interpretation of Quranic revelations in light of the speeches of other Sufi elders, particularly Mawlana and early mystical commentaries. The authors tried to answer this question: what innovations did Vald have in interpreting the Quranic revelations, and to what extent did his attitude differ from that of his predecessors? The result of this research reveals that Sultan Valad considers production of devotees’ poetry as the interpretation and narration of divine words received from words of relation. He believes that the disciples are dominant in all aspects of the Qur'an but all divine secrets cannot be put in tangible words and phrases. In addition, Sultan Valad addresses the appearance and inner meaning of Quran revelations.