Emrullah Astan (PhD, Assistant Professor) is a researcher whose work focuses on Islamic thought and Sufism. His academic studies are shaped around the historical and intellectual dimensions of the classical Sufi tradition, as well as its metaphysical, symbolic, and doctrinal elements. He places particular emphasis on the divine names in Sufi thought, conceptions of spiritual knowledge, and esoteric interpretive traditions.→  Academia

He completed his undergraduate education in 2019 at the Faculty of Theology, Gaziantep University. In 2021, he earned his master’s degree at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University with a thesis entitled “The Influences of Waḥdat al-Wujūd in Sultan Memdûh Tillovî’s Work Mahzanu’l-Esrâr.” In 2025, he obtained his PhD from Ankara Social Sciences University with a doctoral dissertation entitled “The Life, Works, and Sufi Thought of Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-Būnī.”

His research primarily concentrates on the life and intellectual world of Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-Būnī, the Sufi thought of Muḥyiddīn Ibn al-ʿArabī, interpretations of the asmāʾ al-ḥusnā, and the historical and academic foundations of the Sufi epistemological tradition referred to in classical sources as ʿulūm al-ḥawāṣṣ. Within this framework, he adopts an interdisciplinary approach that examines the relationships between metaphysical knowledge, symbolism, and spiritual authority in Sufi thought.

In addition, he conducts research on manuscript works and studies classical texts of Sufi literature within their historical contexts. In this regard, he is currently engaged in national and international academic projects aimed at producing critical editions of works attributed to Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-Būnī, including Shams al-Maʿārif, the commentary on asmāʾ al-ḥusnā (ʿIlm al-Hudā wa Asrār al-Ihtidāʾ), al-Lumʿa al-Nūrāniyya, al-Laṭāʾif al-Ishārāt, Mawāqif al-Ghāyāt fī Asrār al-Riyāḍāt, Qabs al-Iqtidāʾ, and Hidāyat al-Qāṣidīn.