The concepts of "rushd" and "gayy" in the Qur'an

Allah created human as the most honorable creature and appointed him as the caliph on earth. He endowed himself with the ability of mind, which distinguishes man from other living things and makes him to become a superior being. In return for these blessings, he wanted them to do their duty of worship and to obey him and turn away from the Satan and the behaviors that please Satan. As a result of this, the fact that person sees his own interest and obeying it by distinguishing right from wrong as a result of mind and foresight abilities is explained with the concept of "rushd"; The way people go astray by chasing evil, stupidity and ignorance is also explained by the concept of "gayy". In this study, the concepts of rushd and ğayy are examined in detail. Thesis, consists of an introduction, three chapters and a conclusion. In the introduction part, the general subject, importance, purpose, method and sources of the research are mentioned. In the first chapter, the dictionary and Qur'an analysis of the concept of "rushd" has been made and the meaning field of this concept has been tried to be determined. The comprehensiveness of the concept of "rushd" has been determined by giving other concepts that have close meanings with these concepts in the Qur'an. In the second part, a detailed Qur'an and lexical analysis of the concept of "gayy" has been made with the same method. In the last part, the boundaries of these concepts have been tried to be determined by examining the place of the concepts of "rushd" and "gayy" in other Islamic Sciences. In the last chapter, the concepts of rushd and gayy (rushd) are examined in terms of Lexical, Qur'anic and the other Islamic sciences.