a survey on the development of kalam in nusantara · sifat ma`nawiyyah (hayah, ‘ilm, sam',...
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SEMINAR KALAM
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A SURVEY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF KALAM IN
NUSANTARA
SEMINAR KALAM, LT4, 9/11/2018
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NUSANTARA?
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WHEN KALAM STARTED IN
NUSANTARA?
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15TH CENTURY
•Sejarah Melayu mentioned about Durr al-Manzum –introduced the terms: dhat, sifatand af’al.
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•Sejarah Melayu also reported thatSultan Mansur Shah of Malacca (1456-1477) was so enthusiastic in his studiesof theology (kalam) that once he poseda question whether the inhabitants ofparadise or hell would remain thereforever.
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16th century
•Al-Attas wrote a book entitled “TheOldest Known Malay Manuscript: A 16th
Century Malay Translation of the ‘Aqaidof al-Nasafi”.
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17TH ONWARDS
GENERALLY INFLUENCED BY
SUFISM(SUFI KALAM)
Eg: Hamzah Fansuriand Shamsuddin
Sumatrani
ASHA’IRAH-MATURIDIYYAH
Eg: Raniri, Abdul Rauf Singkel etc.
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SUFI KALAM ❖Sufi kalam means the kalam as understood and presented by practising
Sufis.
❖In the very early stage, i.e., the seventeenth century, kalam in the Malayworld was introduced as tawhid along with Sufism, to the extent that the realunderstanding of tawhid should be obtained through Sufism.
❖The early Malay scholars such as Hamzah Fansuri and ShamsuddinSumatrani began to introduce kalam in the form of Sufi tawhid by mainlyreferring to “wahdat al-wujud” of Muhyi al-Din Ibn `Arabi (d. 638/1240) and thetheory of “al-insan al-kamil” (The Perfect Man) championed by `Abd al-Karimal-Jili, who developed the teachings of Ibn `Arabi.
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Hamzah al-Fansuri (d. 1016/1607)
❖He discussed the sifat of Allah in his book. He begins with a famousstatement “man `arafa nafsahu faqad `arafa rabbahu” which means “he whoknows himself knows his Lord”.
❖He seems to refer to the quality of thinking which brings someone to know hisGod. Thus, in the sixth chapter of his treatise (78 pages) he highlighted theunderstanding of sifat in accordance with ahl al-suluk (Sufis) that the sifat ofAllah are His own Dhat (`ayn al-dhat) in which His Living and His Knowledgeare the same as Himself. He disagreed with al-Ghazali’s idea that Sifat ofAllah are not Himself and not the others. But according to the Asha’irahscholars, the attributes are superadded (za’idah) to Allah.
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Shamsuddin al-Sumatrani (d. 1039/1629)
❖He was known as a Sufi and seems to have beeninfluenced by the ideas of Muhyi al-Din ibn `Arabi. Hiskey work was Anwar al-Daqa’iq, which explains Ibn`Arabi’s ideas of Sufism.
❖He introduced Sufi terms into the Malay language,translating them from the Arabic writings of Ibn `Arabi.
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THE INFLUENCE OF ASHA’IRAH-MATURIDIYAH ON THE MALAY KALAM
❖According to Abdul Rahman Abdullah, the firsttreatises on kalam systematically written in theMalay world were composed by al-Raniri and`Abd al-Ra’uf al-Singkeli.❖According to their works which have survivedto the present day, the following Malay scholarsappear to have discussed kalam and divine sifatin the Malay world.
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Nur al-Din al-Raniri (d.1068/1658)
❖Al-Raniri wrote extensively on kalam and Sufism. Hediscussed the relationship between the realities of God andthe universe and man.
❖He delineated al-Ash`ari’s doctrine of the differencesbetween God and the universe, the origin of the world intime, God’s absolute transcendence vis-à-vis man.
❖He seems to be the first who introduced Ash`arism into theMalay world, as well as being the first Malay `ulama’ whotalked about kalam in a specific way.
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❖A great contribution of al-Raniri in developing `ilm al-kalamin the Malay world was his translation and commentary onthe Mukhtasar al`Aqa’id of Najm al-Din al-Nasafi.
❖The title of al-Raniri’s commentary is Durar al- Fara’id biSharh al-`Aqa’id, the early Malay translation or partialtranslation of al-Taftazani’s Mukhtasar al-`Aqa’id.
❖Al-Attas regards this translation as a major contribution ofal-Raniri to the development of Ash`arite theology in theMalay world. He further asserts that without this translationit would be difficult for later students of theology tounderstand the creed of al-Nasafi.
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❖Al-Raniri rejected the ideas of the Mu`tazilites, Rafidites andJabarites, and recognized Abu al-Hasan al-Ash`ari as al-Imamin kalam.
❖The other topics he discussed are: first, that the Qur’an isuncreated (qadim), and second, that Allah will be seen onthe last day. On this point, he argued against theMu`tazilites, Rafidites, Kharijites and philosophers, who saidthat to see Allah meant that He is at a certain place asphysically as the place itself, and made a distinction betweenthe mundane world and the last day. He supported this pointwith verses from the Qur’an and the Hadith. This actuallyrepresents the attitude of the people of the Sunnah led byAsh`arite theologians.
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Al-Raniri on the Discussion of Twenty Divine Sifat
Al-Raniri gave special attention to the discussion of sifat. In his book, DurarulFara’id, he refers to the twenty attributes of Allah, dividing them into:
• 1. Sifat nafsiyyah (wujud, qidam, baqa’, wahdaniyyah, mukhalafatuhu li-al-hawadith, qiyamuhu bi-nafsih),
• 2. Sifat salbiyyah (hayyun bi-hayatih, `alimun bi-`ilmih, sami`un bi-sam`ih,basirun bi basarih, qadirun bi-qudratih, muridun biiradatih, mutakallimunbi-kalamih and
• 3. Sifat ma`nawiyyah (hayah, ‘ilm, sam', basar, qudrah, iradah and kalam).
In further presenting the attributes, al-Raniri wrote a book entitled Hidayatal-Iman in which he discussed the dhat, attributes and the actions of Allah.
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The Discussion of Twenty Divine Sifat
Influenced by Asha’irah dan Maturidiah
Later developed by al-Sanusi (d. 1490)
Influenced the Malay Scholars
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Main Malay Commentaries on the Umm Barahin of al-Sanusi
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A Synopsis of the Umm Barahin
4 Main Issues
Hukm ‘Aqli(rational
justification )
Sifat Allah
Sifat al-Rusul
Al-Shahadah
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Hukm ‘Aqli (Rational Justification)
3 Catagories
Wujub(necessity)
Istihalah(impossibility)
Jawaz(possibility)
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Wujub (Necessity)
• is that which reason cannot conceive of being non-existent
Istihalah (Impossibility)
• is that which reason cannot conceive of being existent
Jawaz (Possibility)
• is that which reason can conceive of being either existent or non-existent
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Sifat Allah
Among them:20 Wajib
20 Mustahil1 Jaiz
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Sifat al-Rusul
Main Attributes:
4 Wajib
4 Mustahil
1 Jaiz
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Shahadah
إ له إ لالإ هللال
محمدإ رسولإ هلل
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The meaning of Uluhiyyah
“Godness” is:• the independence of Allāh from all that is other than
Him, and • the dependence of all that is other than Him on Him.The meaning of “There is no god but Allāh” is thatthere is nothing that is independent of other thanitself or on which other than itself depends exceptAllāh, the Most High.
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The utterance “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allāh”
Is derived belief:
•in the rest of the Messengers
•the Angels
•the Heavenly Books
•the Last Day.
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CONCLUSION
Those Malay writings on Kalamprove that the Malay scholars in thepast had achieved a very high degreeof understanding of Islamic ontology,epistemology and metaphysics.