The Philosophy of Man in the Poetry of Sеid Nasimi Imadeddin

In the article, the author substantiates the position about the relevance of Nasimi’s thoughts about the unity of God, that all people are children, that everyone should enlighten his mind. The poet’s lines about ignorance as to the cause of evil and cruelty because it is the essence of Shaytan remain relevant. Nasimi’s work, which is pantheistic, anthropocentric and humanistic, developing the language of the Azerbaijani people, contributed to the unification of Azerbaijanis into a single people, the formation of self-consciousness and national identity. The beauty of a syllable, depth of thoughts, melodiousness of lines of poetry of the poet and the philosopher, attracting love to itself and admiring such poets and thinkers of related Turkic nationalities as Alisher Navoi, Lutfi, Babur, Mashrab, etc. , promoted understanding by them of the relatedness with each other. Nasimi’s thoughts, based on the profound progressive humanistic and democratic provisions of the Qur’an, were ahead of his time and did not fit the socio-political conditions of the Islamic world of those times. It is so because he wrote that he does not fit into this world. The author concluded that the provisions of Nasimi about man as the highest value of existence are relevant today. Nasimi revealed the basis of the civilisational unity of humankind, which is also achieved by the legal “frame” of the value of human life, its freedom, and equality.

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