An Analysis of al-Sya’râwî Tafsir Method: Islamic Educational Values in al- Sya’râwî Tafsir

Abstract

The emergence of the Quranic interpreting activities has become an attempt to answer various issues that developed after the Prophethood. It is marked by the existence of various books of tafsir and its diverse methods. The results of the research reveal the inconsistency uses of some terminologies. One of the examples is the term manhaj which means method. In this case, manhaj is often interpreted as Ittijah, and sometimes it is also used to express meaning uslub. Referring to the science of tafsir,  manhaj means to understand interpretation in general, and yet uslub means to understand it in specific ways. Indeed, tafsir can be done by using general methods (Tahlili, Ijmali, Muqaran, and Maudhu'i) and specific methods. Both of them take significant roles in interpreting processes as well as in inclining the values of Islamic education  that can be thoroughly found in al-Sya'rawi interpreting method.