scholarly journals Kontribusi Kiai Shaleh Darat dalam Penulisan Tafsir di Indonesia

MUTAWATIR ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-253
Author(s):  
Istianah Istianah

This article discusses the contribution of Kiai Shaleh Darat, a prominent Muslim scholar as well as a noticeable warrior against Western invaders, in writing Qur’anic commentaries in Indonesia. His Qur’anic commentary entitled Fayd al-Rahman fi Tarjamat Tafsir Kalam Malik al-Dayyan, written in Javanese-Arabic (pegon), is not only considered as a representation of Javanese identity, but also as a means of resistance against Dutch colonialism. Through interpretation, he is not only giving an understanding of the Qur’an, but also managing a resistance through the Qur’anic exegesis. That is because at that time the Dutch government forbade the translation of the Qur’an. This interpretation is written using the method of tahlili (explanation) with Sufis nuance which becomes the spirit in each word of his interpretation. Shaleh Darat was greatly influenced by Sufism figures such as Imam al-Ghazali through his Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din and Ibn ‘Ata’illah through his Hikam. Thi article eventually argues that Fayd al-Rahman has, at least, three contributive manifestations in the discourse of Indonesia Qur’anic interpretation: the Qur’anic sufism, cultural resistance, and community development in instilling the values of goodness.

Author(s):  
M. Hamdar Arraiyyah

This article introduces on ulama or a Muslim scholar of South Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. His name is Kiyai Haji Daud Ismail (d. 2006). He belonged to Buginese ethnic. Though he had a very limited chance to attend formal education, he succeded to gain an ·excellent mastery of Arabic and Islamic teaching. His writing on Qur’anic interpretation became a valuable work for Buginese people and lndonesian Muslims as well. The work communicates the messages of Muslim's scripture and gives guidance to translate and explain the Qur'anic verses in Buginese language. It also functions to strengthen the use and the position of the related local language compared with the other languages in Indonesia and an over the world.


2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-125
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Smith

This volume represents an especially modern viewpoint with regard to understandingthe Qur’an and its message, while also being firmly embedded intraditional approaches and methods for its interpretation. The commentaryconsists of a number of lectures originally given in Persian by AbdolaliBazargan as a weekly lecture series in Irvine, CA. These lectures, a portionof which have been translated and edited into this single volume, were initiallypresented to groups of lay Muslims interested in the general theme of “becomingacquainted with the Qur’an” (p. xiv).The author, Abdolali Bazargan, is part of the laity himself: an architectby profession. While not having been fully trained in the traditional sciences98 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 34:2of Qur’anic interpretation, his strong interest in Qur’anic exegesis (accordingto the editor) has led him to spend “the last 55 years researching it and writing20 books in the field of Qur’anic sciences” (p. xiv). This volume is thus a laycommentary on the Qur’an’s “short surahs,” namely al-Fātiḥah and the lastjuz’ (chapters 78-114). Although no specific argument or thesis holds the entiretyof the work together, it nevertheless stands as a representative sampleof modern (educated) Muslim engagement with the text of the Qur’an and itsramifications for their lived religious tradition, particularly in the modernworld ...


2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-390
Author(s):  
Abdul Mustaqim

This article seeks to analyse the structure of the epistemology of Fayḍ al-Raḥmān, a Javanese Qur’anic-exegetical work by Ṣāliḥ Darat, a prominent Javanese ulama in the nineteenth century. It is the only Javanese Qur’anic-exegetical work (kitāb al-tafsīr) with the Sufi-esoteric interpretation (al-tafsīr al-ṣūfi al-ishārī). Yet, there has not been research discussing its epistemology of interpretation whereas it is significant to grasp its fundamental structure of thought. Employing historical-philosophical approach, this article argues that Fayḍ al-Raḥmān’s exegesis reflect the illuminative epistemology (‘irfāni) by which Ṣāliḥ Darat does not only explain the textual meaning (al-ma‘nā al-ẓāhir) but also the esoteric meaning (al-ma‘nā al-ishārī) of the Qur’an. In Ṣāliḥ Darat’s view, the relation of the two resembles the relation between spirit and body that cannot be separated. The esoteric interpretation thus constitutes revealing inner meanings of the Qur’an. According to Ṣāliḥ Darat, the ideal interpretation is to grasp both the textual and esoteric meaning of the Qur’an. With the Sufi-esoteric interpretation, Ṣāliḥ Darat truly intends to bridge the epistemological polemics between Muslim jurists (fuqahā’) who are inclined to the textual meaning and Sufi-philosophers who are inclined to the esoteric meaning. Besides, written in Arabic-pegon script, Ṣāliḥ Darat’s Fayḍ al-Raḥmān fortifies the Javanese cultural identity in the sense that Javanese Qur’anic exegesis have equal authority as Arabic Qur’anic exegesis. This also reflects the cultural strategy to oppose the policy of the Dutch colonialism that enforced the use of Latin alphabet on behalf of bureaucracy and correspondence at the time.[Artikel ini mendiskusikan tentang struktur epistemologi tafsir Fayḍ al-Raḥmān karya Ṣāliḥ Darat. Kitab tersebut merupakan satu-satu kitab tafsir berbahasa Jawa dengan corak tafsir sufi isyari. Namun demikian, selama ini belum ada riset-riset terdahulu yang mengkaji tentang isu epistemologi tafsirnya. Padahal, dengan mengkaji epistemologinya, kita akan memahami struktur fundamental pemikirannya. Dengan pendekatan historis-filosofis, artikel ini berargumen bahwa epistemologi tafsir Fayḍ al-Raḥmān mencerminkan epistemologi ‘irfāni (illuminasi) dengan corak tafsir sufi isyari. Ketika menafsirkan al-Qur’an, Ṣāliḥ Darat tidak hanya menjelaskan dimensi makna zahir ayat, tetapi juga makna batinnya. Baginya, relasi keduanya tidak dapat dipisahkan, ibarat tubuh dan ruh. Sehingga, penafsiran al-Qur’an menjadi lebih hidup dan mendalam. Penafsiran yang ideal ialah manakala mampu menangkap kedua makna tersebut secara sinergis. Dengan corak tafsir sufi isyari, Ṣāliḥ Darat sebenarnya ingin mendamaikan konflik epistemik antara kaum fuqaha’ yang hanya berorietasi pada makna zahir dan kaum sufi yang hanya berorientasi pada makna batin. Di sisi lain, penggunaan tulisan Arab-Pegon dalam kitab tafsirnya merefleksikan peneguhan identitas kultural Jawa bahwa tafsir berbahasa Jawa memiliki otoritas yang sama dengan tafsir-tafsir yang berbahasa Arab. Hal ini juga merupakan strategi kebudayaan untuk melawan kolonialisme Belanda yang ketika itu menginstruksikan agar menggunakan tulisan laitin dalam birokrasi dan surat-menyurat.]


MUTAWATIR ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-364
Author(s):  
Abu Sufyan

Abstract: This article aims to reveal the locality of the brief Qur’anic exegesis of Muḥammad b. Sulaymān’s Jāmi‘ al-Bayān. By using content analysis, this study argues the existing of intersections between the Qur’anic interpretation and pesantren tradition. Several studies maintained that to build this harmonization, the traditional exegetes are used to transmit their interpretations in the form of Arabic “pegon” with the typical identity of “makna ghandul”. This article conversely argues that the Arabic language used in the interpretation of Jāmi‘ al-Bayān, which is written by a traditional and local ulama (kiai), could also be an alternative in the study of the Qur’an in the local context of pesantren. This article also maintains that although Muḥammad b. Sulaymān’s Jāmi‘ al-Bayān does not represent ideally the identity and tradition of pesantren in Java, his exegesis affirms the traditional pesantren values in two ways, namely teaching Arabic which is the pesantren curriculum and the affirmation of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamā‘ah faith in responding to the excessive ta’wīl. Keywords: traditionalist, locality, tafsir Jāmi‘ al-Bayān, pesantren.   Abstrak: Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap unsur lokalitas dalam tafsir ringkas Jāmi‘ al-Bayān karya Muḥammad b. Sulaymān. Dengan menggunakan analisis konten, kajian ini menunjukkan adanya persinggungan antara tafsir al-Qur’an dan tradisi pesantren. Meskipun beberapa penelitian telah menunjukkan bahwa untuk membangun harmonisasi tersebut, para mufasir tradisional mentransmisikan penafsirannya dengan menggunakan huruf pegon dan makna ghandul sehingga melekat pada tradisi pengkajian al-Qur’an di pesantren. Sebaliknya, artikel ini berasumsi bahwa tafsir Jāmi‘ al-Bayān yang berbahasa Arab, yang ditulis oleh kiai lokal tradisional, bisa menjadi alternatif dalam pengkajian al-Qur’an khususnya di pesantren. Lebih jauh artikel ini menyimpulkan bahwa walaupun tafsir Jāmi‘ al-Bayān tidak merepresentasikan identitas dan tradisi pesantren di Jawa, di tengah kuatnya karya tafsir berbahasa lokal, tetapi tafsir ini meneguhkan nilai-nilai tradisi pesantren dalam dua hal, yaitu pengajaran bahasa Arab yang menjadi kurikulum pesantren dan peneguhan akidah Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-jama‘ah dalam merespon fenomena ta’wil yang berlebihan. Kata kunci: tradisionalis, lokalitas, tafsir Jāmi‘ al-Bayān, pesantren.


Author(s):  
Sukarddin Sukarddin ◽  
Akhamad Ari Musaded ◽  
Suryo Ediyono

Sultanate of Bima has been bound by government of Dutch colonial with Lange Contract agreement (long contract), occurred in 1908-1909 That the Sultanate of Bima is a very strategic area. These conditions caused the VOC and the government of Dutch to seek intervention through the Lange Contract agreement (long contract) which has led to the entry of the Sultanate of Bima in the Pax Neerlandica neighborhood. War of Ngali occurred for several reasons namely 1) Feelings of dissatisfaction with the actions of the Dutch government which impose various tax rules in the Sultanate of Bima. 2) The Sultanate of Bima as part of the Dutch East Indies sovereignty was seized by a Lange Contract agreement in 1908. 3) Customary law and Islamic law were replaced by Dutch law. 4) The head or belasting duty system is denied and punished for taxing the unbelievers. The conclusion in this study is that people of Ngali against the government of Dutch colonial because they wanted to control the entire Milky, the resistance made by people Ngalisolely to maintain the customs, religions, and independence owned by the people of Bima.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mu'ammar Zayn Qadafy

This article deals with two scholarly tafsīr books circulating throughout modern Indonesia: Husein Qadri’s (1906-1966) “Senjata Mukmin” (The Weapons of the Believers) and Agus Purwanto’s (b. 1964) “Nalar Ayat-Ayat Semesta” (Reasoning of the Verses of the Universe). Qadri, representing his position as Muslim scholar, and Purwanto, as Muslim intellectual, contribute to the shaping of lay exegesis in their country. I conclude that although the two works are completely different with regard to genre, methodology and style, both are concerned with attracting the attention of lay readers and, accordingly, endeavor to present their information in a comprehensible and accessible manner. In term of content, the two books limit their discussion to the apparent (ẓāhir) meaning of the Qur’an, an understanding that depends on a reader’s knowledge of Arabic; one might call it an immediate understanding of the text. Their works also maintain the primacy of Arabic over the Indonesian language.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Rani Tania Riatno

Nowadays, environmental problems have become hot and interesting issues to discuss. Natural damages which occur in almost all parts of the world have attracted serious attention among experts and nature lovers as well as motivated them to work out to save the environment from demages. Besides theoretical concept of how to reduce nature damages, many efforts have been done in order to preserve the nature. Some of these exertions result in success, but some of them get failed. Consequently, it occurs to some people to seek for another solution or outlook, namely from the perspective of religion. It is to say that among moslem scholars there is a strong belief that Islam has provided specific guidelines pertaining to the conservation of universe. Some of them can be traced in the divine verses throughout the book of al-Qur’an. In line with this notion, the writer is interested in exploring the concept of Islam on nature preservation in the field of tafsir (Qur’anic exegesis). The present article will examine nature conservatory understanding of an outstanding scholar in Indonesia, M. Quraish shihab, whose quite extensive books on tafsir are entitled “Tafsir al-Misbah”. Shihab’s thought deserves our attention because he has paid much interest in his books of tafsir on the issues of nature and its preservation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Andi Rahman

Muhammad Syaḥrūr is one of the Islamic thinkers who introduces a new accounts related to the study of Qur’anic exegesis. By using historical and scientific approaches, he refuses the idea of sinonymity (tarāduf) in the Qur’an. For him, there is a substantial difference between “nabi” and “rasūl”, as well as other terms such as “al-kitāb, al-Qur’ān, al-ẓikr, and al-Furqān”. Based on his rejection to this idea, Syaḥrūr constructs his own theories concerning Qur’anic interpretation. There are several books that represent the anti-thesis to the Syaḥrūr’s ideas. This article tries to formulate its synthesis. With reference to the classic linguistic literatures, the author proves that the Qur’an contains the synonymities, and it apparently weakens the Syaḥrūr’s argumentation.


Author(s):  
Winahyu Adha Yuniyati ◽  
Leo Agung ◽  
Warto Warto

The Dutch government had once launched the Ethical Policy in Indonesia, leading to the birth of the national movement. Indonesia implemented the national movement as an effort to build nationalism spirit of the people. The aim of this study is to analyze the nationalism spirit of Boedi Oetomo organization members during the movement period. This employed historical method, in addition to using literature study to analyze the data. Boedi Oetomo was the first organization established during the national movement in Indonesia. This organization is engaged in social and education, as a result of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia. This organization was run by scholars or students consisting of various ethnic backgrounds in Indonesia. From studies of literature, it is found an analysis of the nationalism spirit that appears on the members by joining Boedi Oetomo organization. The diversity of tribes, races and religions within the organization had never been a reason for dispersion, however, it is jsut a symbol to unite and realize the ideals of the Indonesian nation. Although Indonesia consists of many islands and the people of different ethnic and class backgrounds,  but by the spirit of nationalism can unite them.


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