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ATAS I'EI\IIKIRAN S YE D I\HJ1IA I\1 ~ I A D NAQ UIII BI N A LI AL-ATTAS
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Sye d Muhanm.ad Naq uib b ~11 A l i AI Attas calls AI Alles is prominent contemporary
muslim philosopher and briliant thinker. lie claims 10 be one of the fe w
co ntemporary scholars who is tl/()Joughly rooted in the tradu ional Islamic
sciences and who is equally competent in theology , p hilosophy. metaphisics ,
Instal)', and lite rature. Al Alas l'i('~ rs Western civilization as constantly changing
and 'becom ing' without ('vel' achieving 'being ', He analyzes that m all)' inst itut ions
and nations are in flucnc cd y this spirit of the Wesl and the continually revise and
change their basic development goal and educational objectives 10 [0/10\1' the
trends fro m 'he 1\'est, In other side, Al Al1as make 110 atte mpts to accommodate
modern lVestern scientific sp irit through a reinter pretation of Islam , or to imp ort
western technolog ical skill a nd product while simultaneously keep ing intact the
tradit ional understanding ofreligion. Problemthe world. he says , {Ire 11'Jt because
of illiteracy of ignorance of n.odern knowledg e; the re{lso n are ep istemolog ical
and metap hy sical. Mn dcrn sciences m ust be acquired. but their philosophical
Ionndations must he recast inn, lhe lslcnnic II/etaphy s!'ca:fra mework
I:e)' words: lslo.n. kllOl l'h'dge, syc d AI.Naquib AI Attas
A. P e uda hu luuu.
Sej arah me.ica tat ba hwa Isla m telah metahirkan sua tu l It H 'l' yang pertarn a
me ngintc rnas iona lka n ilm u pcngct ahua n. Jik a sebelum nya suatu cabang ilmu
pengetahuan hanya mcrupakan kekayaan nasional bangsa tertentu, scperti Yunani,
Persia, India dan Cina, rn aka sejak Islam dan perdaban Islam, ilmu-ilmu itu
turnb uh mcnjad: kckayaan bersama umat manusia. Pcnjelasan mendasar atas
kcnyataan-kcnyataa n it u terdapat dalam weltanscaliung Islam. yang memandang
bahwa umat manusia (anak CUCli Adam) adalah mah luk Tuhan yang ditunjuk untuk
mcnjad i 1:lwlifoh (wa li pe nganti ) bagi Iya di bum i. Karcnanya sc baga i agarna yang
memiliki jumlah pcme luk ter besar. Umat Islam rnernbutuh kan pandangan
kcilrnuan yang lebin coco k dengan sistern nilai dan kepercayaan masya rakat yang
reli giou s, aga r terh indar dar i dampak negatif pand an gan kei lmuan barat ya ng
sckularistik
Sc hi ngga sangatlah wajar kc tika rnuncul ide da n gagasan meng-islam-kan
ilmu pengctnhuan dalam konteks pcradaban dunia kekinian. Gagasan islamisasi,
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