Abstract
The article reveals the ethical aspect inherent in the teachings of Nizami Ganjavi. The role and place of the great Azerbaijani poet and thinker in the history of world spirituality are considered. The authors analyze the originality, uniqueness of the poetic creativity of Nizami, who called each person to spiritual and moral self-improvement. He argued that the most important component of a person's being is his soul, which is the bearer of the highest moral qualities - friendship, love, humanity, etc. The main hero of his works is the people, artisans. All the poet's sympathies are on their side. On the example of his poem "Khamsa", such moral categories as good, cruelty, evil, happiness, the meaning of life, etc. are explored. Important importance is given to revealing the personality of the poet-thinker Nizami as a humanist, a subtle psychologist, a great connoisseur of the human soul. It is shown that morality plays the main line in the formation of a person, his spirituality. This is evidenced by the numerous works of Nizami Ganjavi, in which the man of labor, the true bearer of the spirituality and culture of the people, is glorified. It also touches upon other ethical problems set forth in the works of the great thinker. In general, the teachings of Nizami Ganjavi affirm truly humanistic moral principles in society.