Religious views of turkistan jadids (in the example of abdurauf fitrat's work “najotyo'li” (“leader of salvation”))

This article introduces one of the progressive scholar at the forefront of the Turkistan enlightenment and reform movements Abdurauf Fitrat's work “Rahbarinajot” (‘Leader of salvation’). It is a comprehensive work that raises issues related to various spheres of social life, the classification of sciences, people's lifestyles, aesthetic ideas, education and upbringing of the younger generation, and more. Fitrat sees the Qur'an as a “Leader of salvation” - a leading mean and guide that will lead the nation out of this situation, save it from the vortex of backwardness, and will be the main and only savior for its time.