ILMU USHULUDDIN

Ilmu Ushuluddin specializes in U??l al-D?n which concern to Qur’an and ?ad?th, Religious, Islamic Philosophy studies, and Islamic studies in general, and is intended to communicate original researches and current issues on the subject.

List of Papers (Total 168)

RECONSTRUCTING “NASIONALISME” WITHIN QUR’ANIC EXEGESIS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF AHMAD HASSAN’S TAFSIR AL-FURQAN

This study examines Ahmad Hassan’s interpretation of ‘Nasionalisme’ in Tafsir Al-Furqan by employing Norman Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It aims to analyze how discourses of ‘nasionalisme’—particularly those concerning love for the homeland and obedience to political authority—are constructed, negotiated, and legitimized within a Qur’anic exegetical framework...

RECONCEPTUALIZING LOYALTY: IBN KHALDUN’S THOUGHT AND ITS RELEVANCE TO MODERN MANAGEMENT

The loyality has become a strategic issue in modern management, particularly amid the dynamics of globalization, digitalization, and the growing prevalence of transactional employment relationships. This article aims to analyze the concept of loyalty in Ibn Khaldun’s thought through the notion of ‘aṣabiyyah (social solidarity) and to examine its relevance within the context of...

RESURGENCY OF SUFI ISLAM IN INDONESIA: FROM THE PERIPHERY TO THE CENTER

This article is about the re-emergence of Sufi Islam in Indonesia, which is a huge turnaround from the periphery towards the core of spiritual and social life. Based on a literature review, the article discovers that Sufism has been revitalized in the following four areas: (1) doctrinal renovation through the Neo-Sufism paradigm, (2) reformatting of tarekat's social spaces in...

TRANSFORMATION OF KAILI TRIBE RITUALS POST-ISLAMIZATION: INTEGRATING ISLAMIC VALUES INTO LOCAL TRADITIONS

The post-Islamization transformation of the Kaili tribe in Central Sulawesi led to significant changes in traditional rituals, especially Pompoura and Disaster Prevention, originally based on animism. This study explores the tribe's adaptation to Islamic influences while balancing the preservation of ancestral traditions and the tension it caused with traditional elders. Using a...

THE LIFE BEFORE ADAM: Al-ṬABATABA’IS PERSPECTIVE IN Al-MIZAN

This study aims to explore life on Earth before Adam was sent down to it. It employs a qualitative method with a focus on thematic analysis from the perspective of al-Ṭabāṭabā'ī as presented in his tafsir work, al-Mīzān fī Tafsīr al-Qur’ān. According to the Iranian exegete, the dialogue between the Angels and Allah recorded in Surah al-Baqarah verse 30 indicates the existence of...

THE SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONAL POWER OF IBN MUJAHID IN THE FORMATION OF THE QIRĀ’ĀT

The Canonization of the Seven Qirāʾāt by Ibn Mujāhid (d. 324 AH) represents a pivotal effort in disciplining the diverse recitations of the Qur’an during the classical Islamic period. Prior to Ibn Mujāhid, there existed a wide array of qirāʾāt, but he proposed a restriction to seven recitations deemed authentic. This article analyzes Ibn Mujāhid’s attempt at standardizing the...

HADITH IN DIGITAL SPACE: AN INITIAL MAPPING

The development of the digital world and the proliferation of virtual spaces now occupy almost half of a modern person's day. In 2024, more than 65% of the Indonesian population will be connected to the internet and accessing various social media platforms. Every day, more than three hours of their time will be spent accessing information in the virtual world. This reality has...

TECHNOLOGY IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

This article discusses the role of technology in classical and contemporary Islamic thought and its implications for human resource management (HRM). In classical Islamic thought, principles such as justice (adl), trust (amanah), and consultation (syura) serve as ethical foundations that guide the management of society and organizations in a fair and wise manner. This thought...

A STUDY OF ASYNONYMY: MUHAMMAD SHAHRUR'S ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION OF QS. AL-NŪR (24): 3

This study examines the principle of asynonymy—the idea that every word in the Qur’an possesses a distinct and non-interchangeable meaning—within the hermeneutical framework of Muhammad Shahrur, a contemporary Islamic thinker known for his reformist and modernist approach to Qur’anic interpretation. The focal point of this research is Surah An-Nur verse 3, exploring how Shahrur’s...

A PERCEPTION OF FEAR

This research departs from the empirical-epistemological fact that there are ideas about fear stored in memory that do not originate from any experience. This fact is based on data that researchers obtained through observations of people who are fear of heights and depths of water. From these empirical facts, two basic assumptions result, firstly, the idea of fear comes from...

THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MARRIAGE IN THE QURANIC EXEGESIS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TAFSĪR AL-ṬABARĪ, AL-KASHSHĀF, AND FĪ ẒILĀL AL-QUR'ĀN

This study aims to compare the interpretations of verses recommending marriage by exegetical scholars who lived as bachelors. The research will identify differences in their interpretations and assess whether their status as bachelors influenced their interpretations, potentially creating bias. The methodology used is qualitative research with content analysis, utilizing primary...

IQBAL'S POLITICAL THOUGHT AND THE PROBLEM OF PUBLIC ISLAM

This paper explores the political philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal, an Indo-Pakistani thinker, poet, and early proponent of Pakistan's creation. Iqbal’s work is contextualized within the broader modern Islamic response to Western domination, modernization, and cultural tensions. Rejecting Western nationalism and secularism, he envisioned an Islamic political framework rooted in the...

RELIGION STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE: MAPPING THEORIES, METHODOLOGIES, AND APPROACHES IN DIGITAL RELIGION STUDIES

This study aims to identify and explore trends in Digital Religion Studies, focusing on mapping the development of theories, methodologies, and approaches within this field. The research highlights the theoretical and methodological frameworks applied in analyzing the intersections of religion, media, and digital culture. Employing a qualitative approach through library research...

NAṢR HĀMID ABŪ ZAYD AND SAHIRON SYAMDUDDIN'S HERMENEUTICAL INTERPRETATION ON VERSE OF JIHĀD (Al-ANKABŪT/29: 69)

The verses of the Qur'an interpreted by the commentators, both classical and modern, continue to experience changes and developments. This is done to achieve the goal of the Qur'an which is ṣho>liḥ li kulli zama>n wa makan. It is not surprising that the methods of interpreting the Qur'an are very diverse in order to increase the intensity of academic research to obtain variations...

THE MAQASIDI APPROACH IN ISLAMIC LEGISLATION ACCORDING TO IBN 'ASHUR IN AL-TAHRIR WA AL-TANWIR

This study aims to reveal the crystallization of Islamic law by the Prophet Muhammad SAW who used the maqashidi method which emphasizes the maqashid of Islamic law and the maqashid of the Qur'an. This study uses library research and thematic interpretation methods. This research method uses aspects of library research with data sources of literacy related to manhaj maqashidi and...

SPIRITUALITY TO UNDERSTAND PLURALITY: DIASPORA PATH TO GOD

This article aims to explain the meaning of spirituality which is then linked to the plurality of religions, both of which intersect and are interconnected. The connection between the two becomes a way to understand that natural reality is created by the law of plurality, multi-variety. The consequence of this diversity, more specifically in religion, is that it gives rise to a...

Colonialism and Islamic Modernism: Differences in the Development Paths of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia

Islamic modernism emerged in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a response to global challenges, aiming to blend Islamic values with modern elements like science and technology. It spread globally in response to colonialism and modernization. In Indonesia, it developed during the transition to democracy, with regional autonomy leading to the implementation of Sharia in local...

The Importance of Public Reason in Democratic Society and the Criticism of Rawls’s Concept of Unreasonableness

People everywhere always live in diversity. Sometimes, people express their values in ways incompatible with the principle of reciprocity or reasonableness. In John Rawls's view, they are categorized as unreasonable because their expression does not align with public reason. In this article, we need to ask, are they really unreasonable and a threat to democracy? Here, we state...

A Comparative Study of the Complexity of Sacred Values of the World’s Religions: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Abstract: This article discusses knowledge that focuses on comparative studies regarding the complexity of the sacred values of world religions from a multidisciplinary perspective. The tendency of previous research to review the sacred values of religions is limited to a monodisciplinary perspective, and they focused only on the field of spirituality as well as it was personal...

UN Resolution 16/18: An Attempt to Reconstruct the Indistinctness of the Blasphemy Law in Religious Life in Contemporary Indonesia

The purpose of this article is to describe the vagueness of the concepts and the negative effects of the Blasphemy Law, which is operated in contemporary Indonesia with the law No. 1/PNPS/1965. Since its enactment in 1965, this law has been used by various intolerant groups to vilify, to discredit and to discriminate minority communities, including indigenous people, aliran...

THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS OF SUFIS: EXPLORING SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF THE IDRISIYYAH TARȊQAH AT PAGENDINGAN TASIKMALAYA INDONESIA

Idrisiyyah's spiritual entrepreneurship was born from the neo-Sufism paradigm which produced a business ethos with the motivation of worship, professional service to the murshid, a symphony of inner and outer life and a modern and professional business management culture for the Islamic boarding school's economic independence. Apart from that, Idrisiyyah's entrepreneurial...

Contextualizing Hadith About LGBT in Perspective Humanity, Religion, and Culture

This article aims to contextualize LGBT-related hadiths from humanitarian, religious, and cultural perspectives. LGBT issues have become a complex debate in Indonesian society in recent years, especially as they are closely related to existing religious and cultural values. The purpose of this study is to analyze how LGBT-related hadiths are interpreted and applied in the...

REGULATING RELIGIOUS HETERODOXIES IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA

This article delves into a discussion about how the Indonesian government, specifically the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag RI), regulated the handling of problematic religious movements and groups in Indonesia in 2017. It also aims to investigate whether the 2013 fatwa issued by the Indonesia Council of Ulama (MUI), which consists of religious scholars and holds...

CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF TERM PEMIMPEN IN TAFSĪR TĀJ AL-MUSLIMĪN BY MISBAH MUSTHOFA

Abstrak: Al-Qur'an, sebagai sumber utama ajaran Islam, telah menarik perhatian luas untuk diperdalam. Berbagai tafsir Al-Qur’an pun bermunculan, berusaha menjelaskan isi ajaran tersebut dalam beragam bentuk. Namun, penafsiran Al-Qur’an selalu terpengaruh oleh konteks sosial, politik, dan budaya sang mufassir. Sebagai contoh, Tafsir Tāj al-Muslimīn karya Misbah Musthofa, lahir...

THE HERMENEUTICS OF AL-SYAUKANI: THE GRAVE AND THE BARZAKH IN FATḤ AL-QADĪR

This article aims to examine Al-Shawkani's interpretation in Al-Shawkani's hermeneutic theory in Tafsir Fathkhul Qadir eschatological verses as well as the implications of the theory and its application to various categorization models of interpretation studies. Using a qualitative literature methodology, it was found that Al-Shawkani's hermeneutics was applied to verses about...