NEW FACE OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIR MINISTER AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF QUR'ANIC ETHICS: A SYNCHRONICDIACHRONIC READING ON QS. AL-HUJURAT (49): 11-13

Abstract

Various unethical phenomenons happening in Indonesia arose by "the election year". That immoral act getting more complicated due to the appointment of a former military officer as the Minister of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia in the cabinet "Indonesia Maju"for 2019-2024 working period. Through the reflection on these backgrounds, the author initiated to reconstruct Islamic ethics in the present context. This paper uses the interpretation of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 923) in his Jami 'al-Bayan, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuthi (d. 1505) in his Durr al-Mantsur, and Hamka (d. 1981) in his Tafsir Al-Azhar. The author also reads the development of ethical concepts in various works of literature diachronically. The final results in this paper are expected to provide the epistemology of the Qur'anic ethic formed by these three cross-period commentators which shows the conclusion that the ethical values in Kalam Allah need to be formatted in humanitarian missions. Diachronocal interpretation of Q. 49:11-13 embodied the integration of Quranic values as universal humanist principles in the term of equality, justice, democracy, protection of rights, and peace. Those values can be reflected with the maqashid of the election of the Indonesian Minister of Religion who understands both nationalism and spiritualism.