Ulumuna

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Authors: Ismail Fahmi Arrauf

Philosophizing by philosophers is logical, independent, systematic, radical, and universal thinking on anything. Researchers have long been interested in investigating Islamic Philosophy, as a branch of science that develops later and commonly known as one rooted from Greece. This paper then aims at investigating the extent Islamic Philosophy interconnects with Greek Philosophy as well as their differences. Methods employed at this research are identifying Qur’an verses on Philosophy, and enriching them to reviews of related literature. Important findings are Islamic Philosophy is mainly derived from Qur’an values, its interconnectedness with Greek Philosophy does not mean it is integrated, and apart from different views on Philosophy, arguments where Qur’an reveals values of Philosophy is highlighted.

41-64

Authors: Anwar Mujahidin

Modern science dominated by idealism, rationalism, and empiricism has brought an acute humanity crisis. At the epistemology level, religion provides knowledge which guarantees human values, beyond ration and empirical findings. This paper aims at exploring texts of al-Qur’an as a source of knowledge. The methodology construction starts from seeing it as a paradigm-placing the holy text as an open corpus critically analyzed from linguistics, literary, and historical points of views.

97-126

Authors: Masdar Hilmy

This paper analyses how inductive paradigm has been misperceived and mistreated by Muslims, and discusses the extent to which the inductive paradigm and the deductive one has long been competing to one another throughout the development of science in Islam. This paper argues that the backwardness of Muslim civilization is due to the fact that the inductive paradigm has long been neglected and has been misperceived by Muslim scientists as a Western type entity which should be deconstructed and, therefore, should be put aside. This attitude stems from the Muslims’ attitude towards the Qur’an and Hadith as direct sources of modern science, scientific corpuses from which modern theories of sciences emanate. In order to achieve an advancement of science, Muslims do not have any choice other than treating the inductive paradigm properly as an epistemological as well as methodological apparatus in developing sciences either natural sciences, social humanities and religious as well as Islamic studies.

153-190

Authors: Lalu Muchsin Effendi

Islamic Epistemology has long been a centre of Islamic Scholars’ debate. It is apparent in the discourse disputes among mutakallimūn, philosophers, and sufis as well as traditionalists versus modernists. This research hence tries to reveal Abdul Halim Mahmud’s thought which analyzes Tasawuf epistemological system. Preceded by comparative studies, this research focuses on identifying the essence of Tasawuf based on Abdul Halim Mahmud’s analysis. Findings of the research include Qur’an and Hadith become sources of Islamic teachings on Tasawuf epistemological system. Also, God blessing through the process of mushāhadah dan mukāshafah is able to solve metaphysical problems and hence becomes a source of intuitive based knowledge.

213-230

Authors: Asep Kurniawan

Human beings are the only creature whose capability of knowledge enabling them to develop. However, this could be hampered by the wrong epistemology understanding based on a religion they believe. This research aims to encourage human thought to be dynamically progressive without jeopardizing values of Qur’an. This is carried out through placing the Islamic epistemology on the autonomy of ration and empirical experiences and conducting dialectical process between them and Al-Qur’an. Conclusions derived are that human knowledge can develop dynamically and progressively in line with the spirit of the Qur’an. It automatically has an impact on the development of holistic human resources. In this context, Islamic epistemology then is the main drive for the development of human resources.