KUPASAN LANJUT TERHADAP KONSEP DAN PERANAN PENDEKATAN SASTERA ISLAM MODEN

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to give additional explanation on the concept of Islamic literature and its fundamental elements according to the article “Pendekatan Sastera Islam Moden (The Approach of Modern Islamic Literature)” by Rosni Samah and Nurhasma Muhamad Saad, in Jurnal Islam dan Masyarakat Kontemporari volume 5, July 2012. This is to give further explanation on the concept, roles, origin of the theory, and the key elements of the Islamic literature definition. To achieve this purpose, their article was analyzed by focusing on the relationship between Islamic literature and religion, roles, origin of the theory and the key elements of the Islamic literature definition. This study found that based on aqidah, Islamic literature is a beautiful expression of arts which can admire the hearts produced by a muslim resulting from his interpretation about life, human being and the universe following the principles of tasawwur Islam (Islamic world view). Islamic literature serves as a media of dacwah for the good in this life and hereafter in line with the principles of Islam itself. The development of Islamic literature started from an idea proposed by the late Sayyid Qutb in 1952. The development on this idea should be known by Islamic literature practitioners so they will understand that the establishment of Islamic literature theory actually derived from Islamic resurgence in the 20th century on the name of muslim brotherhood. The two key elements of Islamic literature are aesthetic values and Islamic values. The combination of aesthetic and ethics then can lead to the perfect meeting between the beauty of arts and the truth of God.