Islamic Education Optimized Towards the Essence of Education in Islamic Teachings

Abstract

Until now, Islamic education has not shown the brilliance that has been achieved in the past. Education and science in Islam have experienced their glory in the past, and even this glory was very tempting for European academics who were in a slumped condition. Education is essential in Islam, as shown in the teachings conveyed through the Qur'an. In Islam, having knowledge and conveying it becomes very important, but the reality of education in the Islamic world has not shown the reality as expected by the Qur'an, especially when compared to past glory. One of the problems assumed to be one of these failures lies in the problem of teachers and the education strategy itself. So that it becomes one of the big questions in Islamic education, which has partially shifted the paradigm of the goals of Islamic education itself; even learning ethics and monotheism has turned into material worthy of being taught as mere objects of knowledge. This article discusses several parts of Islamic education that deserve to be re-evaluated concerning aspects of teachers, strategies, content, and goals of Islamic education, based on various related articles as material for conducting a more in-depth study.