Below is a brief treatise I composed at short notice, with the hope that it guides anyone who thinks of seeking PhD degree in humanities. The Arabic original is followed by the English and Turkish translations.
الهدية المستحسنة لمن نوى الدكتوراة في العلوم الإنسانية وليس له من المال ما يقضي حاجته لأربعين سنة
بعد ما وجب علينا من البسملة والحمدلة والصلولة
لا تَفْعَلـ\ـي
وآخر دعوانا أن الحمد لله رب العالمين
تمت في غرة رمضان المبارك، سنة 1442، ووقع فيها طاعون عظيم، هلك به خلق كثير. نسأل الله العافية
Appropriate Gift to the One Who Intends to Pursue Doctorate in Humanities While Not Having a Wealth Requisite to Meet the Need of Forty Years
After beginning in the name God, praising Him, and sending blessings to the Prophet, all of which have been incumbent upon us:
Don’t!
And the end of our supplication shall be “Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.”
Completed in the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan, in the year 1442, when an enormous plague took place and countless souls perished. We ask well-being from God!
Kırk Yıllık İhtiyacını Karşılayacak Malı Olmamasına Rağmen Beşerî Bilimlerde Doktora Yapmaya Niyetlenen İçin Hoş Görülecek Hediye
Üzerimize vacip olan besmele, hamdele ve salveleyi takiben deriz ki:
Yapmayın!
Nihayet duamız “Hamd, âlemlerin rabbi olan Allah’adır.”
1442 senesinin mübarek Ramazan ayının evvelinde tamam oldu. Ki ol sene azîm bir tâûn cümle âlemi kahr u perişan edip bîşümar kullar helak oldu. Cenâb-ı Hak’tan afv u âfiyet niyaz ederiz.