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The concept of Rûh (spirit) is researched during the
whole history of Islamic thought. Muslim scholars have made clear its usage and inference
in their works. Discussions and analysis of the Muslim scholars on spirit have taken place
on a ground that relative Qur’anic verses are placed in the centre and
proceeded from the basis of them. Also, we rencounter such a problem like;
whether if the ground of discussions on spirit root in understanding and
interpreting the Qur’anic verses? They investigate various problems concerning
spirit with the remarkable effect of some other internal and external factors
in Islamic thought. In our paper the conception
of Rûh (spirit) is analyzed considering the thoughts of renown scholar of the
last period of Ottoman such as Filibeli Ahmet Hilmi, Musa Kazım Efendi, İsmail
Fenni Ertuğrul, Abdullatif Harputi, İzmirli İsmail Hakkı, Manastırlı İsmail
Hakkı, Sırrı Giridi, Mehmet Ali Ayni, Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen, İsmail Ferid. In
order to conceive the conception of rûh at that time at the outset Materialism because
the enlightenment and secularism that came as a result of the scientific
revolution following the Renaissance and Reforms in 17th century Europe, Materialism
gained more followers. In the 20th century in what was known as its golden era
it became a world view, by manifesting itself in the religious, social,
political and economic spheres of life. After its perception about rûh has been
dealt with then the perennial questions about the nature of rûh, its eternity,
etc. have argumentatively been discussed.