Marife Turkish Journal of Religious Studies

Abstract

In this article the importance of translation as a means of dialogue has been explained.
The translation is not only to translate a text from any language to another one by
means of grammar rules. It is also necessary to know the language with its source very
well to be able to make a good translation and it is also a comprehensive action.
After the required information was given about Ahmed Naim’s personality and his
works in short, the method of Tacreed was explained and then his aim at writting the
Mukaddime of Tacreed and his evaluations of the past scholars were focused on.
After some information was given about the sorts of text and translation methods
such as “form equivalance” and “meaning equivalance”, the most appropriate method
which can be used in the translation of hadith texts has been tried to be determined and
some problems faced in translations and the problem of method were concentrated on,
and then the importance of approaching to the text as a whole was mentioned. The
style and succes of Ahmed Naim in using the language was evaluated and it was mentioned
that he was not only content to make a simple translation but also he narrated
many exlanations and juristical opinions. Sometimes he made some preferences and
criticisms.
In the section of conclusion, a general evaluations was made and some proposals
were offered.