Incorporating Qur’anic Interpretation Into Course Materials Of English For Business: A Students' Perspective

This paper aims at investigating the students’ perspectives toward incorporating qur’anic interpretation into course materials of English for Business. This study is a qualitative survey. The subject of the study were 20 students of English subject in Sharia Business Management Study Program, Islamic Economic and Business Faculty, State Islamic Institute of Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia. The data were collected by spreading the questionnaire to the students and asked them to fill it. Then, the Likert Scale was implemented in analyzing the data. Result of this study shows that students have positive perspectives toward incorporating qur’anic interpretation into course materials of English for Business.

Integrasi Tafsir dan Hermeneutika Dalam Memahami Teks al-Qur’an

This study seeks to explain the integration of interpretations (<em>tafsīr</em>) and hermeneutics in understanding the Qur'an, even though the possibility of the integration is still being debated among Muslims. Some Islamic scholars reject it absolutely, some of them accept it absolutely and others accept it with certain limits (<em>muqayyad</em>). The author sees that the hermeneutic perspective should not be avoided in the study of interpretation of the Qur'an, so that the study of interpretation becomes more philosophical, even though both have slightly different characteristics. The science of interpretation (<em>‘ilm tafsīr</em>) grows and develops in the treasures of Islamic thought which is very closely related to tradition, while the hermeneutics develops in a philosophical tradition that highly values freedom of thought more broadly. However, hermeneutics is very likely to be used as one of the approaches or tools in the science of interpretation, especially in understanding the verses of the Qur'an which are in the domain of <em>ta'aqqulī</em> or <em>ghair ta'abbudī</em> and <em>ghair ta'aqqudī</em> like the mu'amalah region whose reach is very wide.

Muhammad Abduh and His Epistemology of Reform: Its Essential Impact on Rashid Rida

<p>This paper analyze the influence of Muhammad ‘Abduh on his chief disciple, Muhammad Rashid Rida. Rida was the leading advocate of Abduh’s rational principle and modern ideas through his writing in <em>Tafsir al-Manar</em> (<em>The Manar Commentary</em>) and <em>Tarikh al-Ustadh al-Imam Muhammad Abduh</em> (<em>Biography of Muhammad Abduh</em>). <em>Tafsir al-Manar</em> is a Qur’anic exegesis based on rational approach outlined by Muhammad ‘Abduh and the <em>Tarikh</em> is a comprehensive biography of the life and works of Muhammad Abduh printed in three volumes that significantly documented Abduh’s lasting influence and legacy in modern Egypt. Rida continued to resolutely champion the ideas of reform through <em>Majallat al-Manar</em> (<em>al-Manar Journal</em>) that highly reverberated Abduh’s principles and remarkably claimed extensive influence in contemporary Islamic world.</p>

Kesalahan Dalam Tafsir; Ideologis Dan Teologis

<p class="05Abstrak"><em><span lang="EN-US">This paper intends to explain several reasons for </span>mis<span lang="EN-US">interpretation. The dynamics of interpretation that occurred in the first century of the emergence of Islam occurred in at least three phases: the Prophet Muhammad, the companions, and the tabi'in. The prophet's interpretation of the Qur'anic verses was not carried out thoroughly, thus leaving some empty space for the next generation, namely the companions to understand and interpret verses that were not explained by the prophet. In subsequent periods, interpretation tended to ideology as was done by the Khawarij and al-Zamakhsyari groups in al-Kasysyāf's interpretation. First, the emergence of the interpretation of the Khawarij ideology (the group that left the ranks of 'Ali) stems from the giving of the stigma of being kafir for the perpetrators of grave sins. As a consequence they deny the existence of intercession for perpetrators of grave sins based on the verses of the al-Qur'an. Second, the interpretation of al-Zamakhsyari transparently represents Mu'tazilah in certain cases, especially verses that are theological in nature.</span></em></p>