LUMINARY AND GUIDE OF ITS TIME
The article notes that Ahmad Donish occupies a leading position among the enlighteners, Jadids, creative intelligentsia, thinkers of the 19 th century and other supporters of the ideas of humanism. Based on the analysis and research of the scientific, literary and pedagogical heritage of Donish, and the subjects and sciences he mastered, he can, without exaggeration, be called an encyclopedist. Questions of humanism constitute the main content and essence of works. The author writes that Ahmad Mahdum Donish was a unique scientist and thinker of his era. In the conditions of the injustice and tyranny of Central Asia of that period, Donish<sup>,</sup>s educational views served as a beacon for the educated elite and called for the awakening and unification of all enlightened people. His teachings were a guiding torch for the creative people of his time and served as a guide on the path to enlightenment and the progress of society. And at present, the use of the worldviews of this great thinker of the East will be of great benefit in the education and training of the younger generation.