TRACING THE INTEGRATIVE-INTERCONNECTIVE LEGACY IN SAHIRON SYAMSUDDIN’S MA'NA-CUM-MAGHZA APPROACH

Abstract

 It is notable that Amin Abdullah's integrative-interconnective approach with its methodological stages of hadarah al-nass (civilization of the text), hadarah al-ilm (civilization of science), and hadarah al-falsafah (civilization of philosophy) has introduces one of the most important concepts in the study of Islam in the scene of Indonesian Islamic higher education with its various branches of disciplines. This article tries to explore the influence of Abdullah’s integrative-interconnective approach in the discourse of Qur’anic studies as exemplified by Sahiron Syamsuddin's
ma'na cum maghza, one of the recent methodological tools for interpreting the Qur’an composed by the scholar from the same university with Abdullah. Its key concepts include al-ma'na al-tarikhi (literal meaning), al-maghza al-tarikhi (historicalphenomenal significance), and al-maghza al-mutaharrik (dynamic phenomenal significance). The main purpose of this tool is to explore the main message implied by the sacred text by reviewing it in a wider context, including social, cultural, political, and economic factors. The aim of this study is to provide preliminary narrative in locating Abdullah's integrative-interconnective paradigm in Syamsuddin's Ma'nacum-Maghza discourse.