Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Turc on Prayer Journal Number 4

Prayer, which arises from the desire to beg, ask for help, and be close to the Creator, is a tool used by human beings to compensate for their shortcomings and to express their wishes. Prayer, which serves to establish a connection between the person and the creator, is the occasion for the person to communicate with the creator at every moment. Thus, the individual feels spiritually, physically and mentally relaxed. One of the points where worship meets literature is prayer journals. One of the points where worship meets literature is prayer magazines. These magazines, the subject of which is prayer, have been very popular in our nation, and they have been written in verse and prose in different periods of Turkish literature. One of them is the Vatican State Library Turkish Works Catalog, Vaticana turc number 4, which is the subject of our article. A prayer magazine containing dozens of prayers will be introduced first. Then, the prayers of Hāzā Şerḥ-i Du‘ā-yı Hıżır İlyās, Şerḥ-i Du‘ā-yı Ism-i Āẓam ve Şerh-i Mührü’l-Nübüwvet Ṣallallahu in this prayer journal will be transcribed and the prayers will be translated into today's Turkish.