Aesthetic feeling is a phenomenon as old as the history of mankind. However, this feeling turned into a discipline of study and was named in the eighteenth century. Also it is in the same period that it became a scientific branch and its principles gained functionality as a science. Each society has its own understanding of aesthetics that is shaped in a given cultural framework. This understanding is evident in the daily lives of the people that form the society. This aesthetical understanding shapes the lives of the people, whether they are aware of it or not. According to written sources, Ancient Greek philosophers were the first to talk about aesthetics. These philosophers mention the beauty and its formation. However, it is the philosopher Baumgarten who invented the term aesthetics as an independent branch of study. Aristotle, Plato, Plotinus, Kant could be taken as the milestones of this development. In the Islamic world, aesthetics particularly started with the question of "what is beautiful and what is not?" In this regard, although the Muslim schools of thought developed the idea of esthetics, the first spark was the inspiration of the Qur'an. However, the fact that no independent work was written specific to the field could be perceived as a significant shortcoming. Today we see that al- Ghazali produced perspectives in the field of aesthetics which are today being debated by the experts. This study is devoted to examine these developments of aesthetics primarily in the history of Islamic thought.