This article provides a detailed analysis and interpretation of the plot of the novel "Imam Maturidi" by the Uzbek writer Lukman Borikhan and the image of the main character in it - Abu Mansur Maturidi. In this work, the writer used a retrospective type of plot to describe the events of the past.

In order to artistically depict the image of a historical figure, the plot of the novel is composed of a prologue, three main parts and an ending. The structure of the work's architecture thus serves to depict the image of Maturidi without departing from its historical basis.

Retrospective plot, historical image, prologue

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