Al-'Allāmah: Journal of Scriptures and Ulama Studies

Ecocentrism as Reconciliation of The Exploitation of Women and Nature by Capitalist Anthropocentrism: A Review of The Interpretation of Al-Tahrir wa Al-Tanwir

Juliani Syafitri — 2024-06-29

The concept of ecocentrism as a rehabilitation of the exploitation of nature and women becomes important in the midst of the onslaught of ecological disasters caused by the capitalist anthropocentrism of this era. Just as nature, women are among the victims because women and nature are often symbolized in similar ways in many respects. Ecocentrism plays a crucial role because it offers holistic justice for all elements of the natural world. The focus of this research is Ibn Asyur's interpretation in "Tafsir al-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir," which presents an ecocentric ecological study. The research method used is the thematic interpretation method with a descriptive analysis approach. This study explores verses that contain ecocentric content and shifts away from the paradigm of capitalist anthropocentrism. The results of this research find that there are similarities between the principles of ecocentrism and the Quranic verses, namely: 1) Surah Al-Isra, verse 44, and Al-An'am, verse 141, which state that all creatures glorify Allah, and the Earth has its own beauty. 2) Surah Al-A'raf, verse 31, which prohibits excessive exploitation of other beings, as Allah does not like excessive behavior. 3) Surah An-Nisa, verse 9, which emphasizes that humans should prepare the best generation rather than focusing solely on quantity when managing nature. 4) Surah Ar-Rum, verse 41, which warns that the harm caused by humans will bring punishment from Allah. 5) Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 30, which highlights that humans, as stewards, should make policies that benefit all aspects of life.

Reinterpretation of The Cause of “Fasad” in QS. Ar-Rum: 41 Perspective of Noam Chomsky's Transformative Generative Theory

Mush’ab Wafi ‘Adalah — 2024-06-29

A correct understanding of the Qur'anic text has an important role in creating a good. This article aims to reinterpret the Qur'anic verses that are often used as the basis for the spirit of ecology but forget the most important things contained in it. This effort is important because of the position of the Qur'an as the first source in the foundation of Islamic law (the first resource) and being a sacred text that has an ecological spirit from the beginning of its revelation until the last day. This study uses the transformative generative theory carried by Noam Chomsky which underlines that in understanding a text can use an approach that is divided into two: first, deep structure or deep structure and second, surface structure. In understanding QS. Ar-Rum: 41, Samarqhandi, Fakhruddin Ar-Rozi and Ibn Kathir have almost the same interpretation narrative but have different wording in terms of replacement, expansion and addition and use more of a deep structure approach. While Ash-Sha'rawi and Thanthawi Jauhari both do not have similar interpretative narratives. Asy-Sya'rawi uses more of a surface structure approach. While Thantawi Jauhari uses more surface and deep structure. This article concludes that the cause of "fasad" is not only the lack of maintaining the spirit of ecology such as negligence, turning away and indifference in protecting the environment and exceeding the limits in doing damage as a result of the destruction of the environment.

Qur'anic Ecofeminism: The Solution of Environmental Crisis

Atssania Zahroh — 2024-06-29

This Qur'anic ecofeminism proposal is important because it can identify the cause of the environmental crisis from its very root: the concept of dualism. This qualitative research will employ Iceberg and U Theories to analyze that widespread concept. Hence, the present work aims to uncover the equilibrium between human beings and the environment inherent in the Qur’an and find its relevance to the wisdom tradition concept of Sachiko Murata. Our research concludes that, first, the dualism concept, which tends to separate subject and object, nature and human, men and women, contradicts tawhîd which is based on the vision of integration. This kind of vision is then, second, found being manifested in the so-called Qur’anic ecofeminism whose signs can be traced back through the Q.S 2:30; 2:60; 51:49; 38:27-28; 7:56 that all promote the aforementioned equilibrium spirit. Third, this kind of paradigm does not belong to persons unless fully aware of as the vicegerents (khalīfah) inheriting the wisdom tradition: those who see the correspondence between human beings and the environment more as a complementary rather than a subsidiary relationship.

The Study of Verbal Exegesis by Tuan Guru Hasanain on the Environment

Zulkarnaen — 2024-06-29

This article will discuss fiqh al-bi’ah as an offer of Islamic concepts against the ecological crisis. Global societies today face environmental crises, global warming, climate change, droughts, and other ecological problems. Conscious or not, humans are the main perpetrators of the destruction of the living environment by exploiting natural resources. This paper is intended to find a way out of the ecological crisis through the approach of the Fiqh al-bi’ah paradigm. It is especially important for Muslims to have a legal foundation that can serve as a foundation for thinking and acting in dealing with environmental issues. This writing is a library study whose data is obtained from some literature in particular that offends the environmental issues of living. More specifically, this research will use the maslahat approach in the theory of Islamic law. To deepen his study, the article will also look at the classic and contemporary fiqh paradigms. As the findings of the article show, it turns out there are quite significant differences between the paradigms of the classic fiqh concepts and the contemporary-related fiqh al-bi'ah. Through this article, I argued that keeping the environment could be considered one of the Maqasid al- Syari'ah.

Ecotheological Exegesis: a Study of Indonesian Women’s Ulema Congress Opinion

Moh. Rofqil Bazikh — 2024-06-29

Environmental damage is a problem which gets attention even religionist regards about it. The interpretation of Koran verses presents to elaborate the ethical principle for nature and environment. One of the groups which attempts to interpret ecological verses within Koran is Indonesian Women’s Ulema Congress (KUPI). This congress held firstly in 2017 and then 2022. In first congress, KUPI discussed three crucial issues from sexual abuse, child marriage until damage of nature. This research aims to analyze KUPI interpretation regarding environmental demage. The type of research is qualitative based on library research (kajian pustaka). The data are gathered from literatures which are relevant with the topic. Primary source is earned from Result and Process Document of Indonesian Women’s Ulema Congress (KUPI) I in 2017. Secondary sources are earned from literature, journal, article, book, which relate with topic of environment and ecotheology. This research uses analytical descriptive which analyzes the content such as in primary source. To analyze the finding of research uses ecotheology concept initiated by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mary Evelyn Tucker. There are phases in this research from collecting, identifying, analyzing and concluding the data based on the theoretical framework. The conclucion that KUPI interpretation on Koran verse is ecotheological such as Nasr and Tucker perception. There are nineteen verses which are elaborated to support contrary position toward environmental demage. Some of KUPI interpretations are more progressive than interpretation in classical exegesis.

Nature as Evidence: On Ibn Rushd's Theorems for God's Existence

Alya Mumtaza Hafidz — 2024-06-29

The complexity of nature and its beauty have been inspiring some philosophers to postulate argument for God’s existence. In his endavour to comment on mutakallimun’s argumentations, which contained with many falsehood, Ibn Rushd offerred two simple alternative theorems that he deduced from Quranic verses and nature’s complexity. These theorems was shown in Kitab Al-Kasyf ‘an Manahij al-Adilla fi ‘Aqa’id al-Milla which Ibn Rushd called dalil Inayah and dalil Ikhtira. Not only came from Muslim side, these theorems apparently have some similarity with argumentations that proposed by Western thinkers in modern era; argument from Anthropic principles and William Paley’s Watchmaker argument. Based on those similarity, this research aims to compare and to show some logical fallacies along with objections toward Ibn Rushd’s theorems and Western thinker’s arguments. Through library research, researchers have found some weakness in both type of arguments; such as fallacy of false cause, special pleading fallacy, false analogy, and even emerged bigger consequence from the problem of evil. With these flaws and logical fallacies, Ibn Rushd’s theorems and Western’s argumentations for God’s existence that based on nature’s empirical evidences should not be sustained any longer.