Salah satu perdebatan paling serius tentang al Qur'an adalah mengenai kemukjizatannya yang muncul pada abad ketiga Hijriah sebagai respons terhadap penyangkalan berkelanjutan terhadap wahyu yang diterima oleh Nabi Muhammad saw. Sejak itu berbagai studi dilakukan tentang aspek i'jaz. Tulisan ini mendiskusikan pendapat al Zamakhsyari dan Sayyid Quthb, sehingga akan terungkap sejauhmana persamaan …
Polytheism and unjust social power haven been conceptually rejected by the Qur'an. Unfortunattely, its religious message is not properly understood by many Moslem scholars. They interpret it to legimate their own interests which are sometimes contradictory to the spirit of the Qur'an. This phenomenon happens in South Africa. Farid Esack, a Muslim intellectual in this region, proposes to read th…
M. Quraish Shihab is one of the most popular Qur'anic interpreters in Indonesia. Among his contribution is his elucidation in his al Mishbah on a clear acknowledgement of religious plurality in the Qur'an. Among his considerable thought is his explanation on the nature of ahl al Kitab and many religious people in the time of Muhammad's era, namely al al Yahud, annashara, al Muslimun, al Majus, …
As a complete way of life for of Muslims, the Qur'an gives guidelines about education, in addition to the theology and the law. The history of thought of Muslaim presented several paradigms of interpretation of the Qur'an, range from the strict fundamentalist to the liberal. This fact indicates that the demands of Muslims to the sciences of the Qur'an and the results of them always arouse throu…
Pada dasarnya, kajian Al Qur'an Tidak melulu berfokus pada teks Al Qur'an [mafil-Qur'an] dan kajian terhadap tafsir, ulumul Qur'an [ma haulal Qur'an], namun bisa meluas sampai pada wilayah sosiologi dan antropologi dan agama, yaitu ketika manusia mempergunakan AL Qur'an dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Inilah yang sering disebut living Qur'an, yakni AL Qur'an yang hidup dalam masyarakat. Artikel in…
Rased on Muhammad al Ghozali thought that the root of under developed moslem is misunderstanding disinteracting with al Qur'an well. It is starting poin to search the Muhammad al Ghozali Thought about al Qur'an generally [interpretation]. The study consists of two parts. First, talk about method, and second about the kind of classical interpretation. Their part is the basic of scientifical deve…
Dalam pandangan Fazlur Rahman, studi al Qur'an setelah abad XI mengalami kebuntuan, jumud, dan tidak berkembang. Hal ini disebabkan karena studi al Qur'an terlampau leterlik, apologetik, dan atomistik. Oleh karena itu, Rahman menawarkan sebuah metode penafsiran al Qur'an yang dikenal dengan sebutan Gerakan Ganda [Double Movement], yaitu proses penafsiran al Qur'an dari situasi sekarang ke masa …