Fuzuli’s philosophical treatise “Matla-ul-Etiqad”

Abstract

 In this article, the author examines the development and evolution of Mahammad Fuzuli as a thinker. This complex process highlights the contributions of ancient philosophers and scientists, including Thales, Socrates, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Democritus, Aristotle, and Plato, as well as notable scholars from the Islamic East such as AlFarabi, Ibn-Sina, Imam Ghazali, and Nasir al-Din Tusi. These figures serve as foundational influences in the formation and evolution of Fuzuli‟s philosophical thought. The author explores Fizuli‟s attitude towads the judgments of ideologists and theologians of various teachings – Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism, fire worship, as well as the views of representatives of such traditions as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with its numerous branches on issues of creation, the cosmogony of the universe, spirit and flesh, the Creator and His creations. The work highlights philosophical and ethical problems in Fizuli‟s own legacy, such as good, evil, will, predestination, and provides the foundations of Sufi worldview.