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A Unique Pedagogical Approach in the Quran

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The third volume of Imam al-Buti's pinnacle papers.

How does the Qurʾān appeal to man’s perfected rational and emotional constitution and draw him towards the realities that it speaks of, which include all of his intellectual and sentimental faculties, in equal proportion?

How is its address formulated to suit all classes of people, of differing educations and ages, such that everyone understands the intended meaning to the extent that his education allows without any contradiction in these understandings?

How does it proceed with its arbitrations of the intellect in such a way that the rules of logic are used but none of its terminology is relied on?

In its dialogue, how does it satisfy both the imagination and the intellect without one of them prevailing over the other?

It is in this book, which contains novel studies on the Qur'an, that you will find the answers to these questions and more, even if its title is familiar and well-known.

101 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2022

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267 reviews17 followers
February 13, 2024
Ide utama buku ini berawal dari kegelisahan Imam al-Buthi terhadap para pengajar muslim yang terlalu terseret ke dalam arus pemahaman Barat terhadap ilmu pedagogik (cara mengajar). Di sisi lain, telah banyak akademisi muslim yang membahas keajaiban Al-Qur'an dari berbagai sisi, misalnya dari segi bahasa, namun belum ada yang mengaitkannya dengan ilmu cara mengajar. Padahal, sebagaimana beliau kupas tuntas dalam buku ini, Allah telah memberikan contoh dalam berbagai ayat, bukan sebagai teks namun sebagai konteks, bagaimana cara terbaik mengajar anak-anak didik kita.

Dibagi menjadi tiga cara utama: 1) pertimbangan rasional; 2) belajar dari sejarah; dan 3) stimulasi emosi. Masing-masing cara tersebut dibagi lagi menjadi beberapa tahap. Masing-masing dari beberapa tahap tersebut dicontohkan melalui pembahasan beberapa ayat. Misalnya, terkait cara pertimbangan rasional menggunakan tahap penyederhanaan penyampaian, penulis memberikan contoh mukjizat kata dalam beberapa ayat Al-Qur'an yang bisa dipahami oleh berbagai kalangan. Sebagai contoh, kata cahaya yang dimaknai dari kata Arab 'nur' (sinar bulan) dan 'siraj' (sinar matahari).

Kemudian, ada contoh lain terkait cara pertimbangan rasional menggunakan tahap dialog. Dalam surat an-Naml ayat 59-64 Allah menjawab pertanyaan yang meragukan diri-Nya dengan pendekatan yang menggugah akal untuk berpikir tentang keagungan-Nya. Ketimbang jawaban langsung, perhatian kita diarahkan untuk perlahan-lahan menyadari sendiri keagungan-Nya untuk kemudian memahaminya.

Contoh lainnya terkait cara belajar dari sejarah menggunakan tahap bercerita dengan membuat pendengar tertarik mendengarkan secara utuh namun tetap bisa memahami hikmah tanpa kehilangan fokus. Allah telah memberikan contoh bagus terkait hal ini dalam surat Yusuf, yang mengisahkan kehidupan Nabi Yusuf bersama ayahnya, kakak-kakaknya, dan Zulaikha. Rentetan ayat di dalamnya menyuguhkan kisah kehidupan yang menarik yang membuat kita tertarik namun tanpa terlalu terbawa suasana dan mampu mengambil hikmah dari setiap peristiwa.

Stimulasi emosi juga dipertimbangkan sebagai tahap yang penting, karena berfungsi sebagai penyeimbang dalam proses berpikir akal kita.
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105 reviews6 followers
April 4, 2024
The most difficult condition is to have a way of speaking and elucidation that can be understood by everyone who is listening and learning.


This book was incredible! The fact that this book was less than 90 pages, but the contents are very meaty, successfully made me want to learn more about Al Quran.
The entire system of the Quran flows in this way: it begins with emotional stimulation and arousal in order to pave the way for rational deliberation, or it follows a scientific and rational decision with an emotional conclusion.


al-Buti tried to emphasize that even the Quran validates all of our emotions, but it also reminds us that we need to think wisely about how to respond to them logically. Besides, to achieve some pedagogical goals, the Quran also depicts that to tell stories, the Quran uses some illustrations and descriptions that trigger our core visual then after followed by logical history. It makes sense why there were some researchers stated that the Role of visual learning might improve students' order thinking skills.

Last but not least, this book also showed the readers how it was the definition of balance in the Quran. It was about human emotion, see? Again: emotions. The perfect mixture of incentive emotions (joy, hope, desire), repellent emotions (fear, awe, pity), and lauding emotions (admiration, love, and veneration) could bring humans into a perfect "fit" of remembrance of Allah.
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January 4, 2023
“It is an inimitable Book. There is no doubt about its inimitability. There is no doubt about the wisdom of its subject matter and the brilliance of its pedagogy!”
الله يرحمه الإمام الشهيد محمد سعيد رمضان البوطي ونفعنا بعلومه في الدارين
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