Hunafa: Jurnal Studia Islamika

35-56

Authors: Asdar Yusup

Orientalist’s attention against the Quran can be traced since the visit of Peter Venerable, from Cluny, to Toledo in the mid 12th century. He asked some western scholars to produce a series of works that will be a scientific basis for the western intellectual meeting with Islam. Orientalist’s critical study against the Quran is not limited to questioning its authenticity. The issues raised are the classic that is always a matter of the influence of Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and the contents of the Quran. Orintalist then snaring to a naïve assumption that the Quran is the historical product. Orientalist’s biggest mistake was to assume the Quran equal to the bible. When a critical study of the bible to prove some of its contents are not original anymore, so they assumed that a critical assessment of the Quran to prove the same thing. Though, the biblical method proved the originality of the quran. Therefore, their desire to make a critical edition, and restore the text of the Quran is closer to a fantasy rather than a scientific work

91-117

Authors: Colle Said

Education is a matter of life and life (life is education and education is life). The whole process of life and human life is a process of education. That’s the reason why the first paragraph in Qur’an is paragraph on education dropped the first five verses of surah al-‘Alaq. The paradigm of education in the perspective of surah al-‘Alaq verse 1-5, aims to develop basic human potential, so that he can become a caliph in the earth. Education can play a humanitarian role as a caliph on earth, is education that refers to a conceptual foundation, namely education based on two fundamental teachings of the Muslim beliefs and morals are as hinted in surah al-‘Alaq verses 1-5. Through education pattern-based beliefs or morals, human being smart, have the provision of living a life in dignity, peaceful, responsible, confident and not easily manipulated.

151-180

Authors: Hafiz Muhammad Tariq

The Holy Quran was revealed to the Holy Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) by Allah Almighty as a final revelation for the whole of mankind. After the time of the Prophet Mohammed, his fellow scholars began writing commentaries on the holy Quran to understand its meaning and its context. The Mufassireen have concluded that the Quran has two types of verses; Muhkam are verses which are clear and have no dispute as to what they actually mean. Mutashabih are verses which have two or more than two options for the readers to infer their meaning and such verses have been open to debate amongst the Islamic scholars. This paper attempts to provide the correct definitions of Muhkam and Mutashabih verses based on the opinions of the classical and modern scholars. Based on the views of the modern and classical scholars, the researcher discusses the different varieties of these two types of verses and removes any objections and contradictions between the two attempting to clear up any such misconceptions. The philosophical reasoning behind the revelation of Mukham and Mutashabih verses is also tackled within this paper to ensure all areas and opinions are covered, giving an unbiased understanding of the subject