INDONESIAN CONTEXT OF THE MEANING OF QUR'AN: A STUDY ON THE VERSES OF POWERS IN TAFSIR AL-AZHAR AND AL-MISHBAH

摘要

The presence of interpretation (tafsir) books as the work of Indonesian from many generations indicates the existence of reading and understanding activities towards the Qur'an in the Indonesian context. This interpretation shows a correlation between the text world, namely the Qur'an, and the reader's concrete world which is Indonesian society. This research is going to analyze how the method and approach used by Tafsir al-Azhar and al-Mishbah to contextualize the meaning of the verses in the Qur'an related with the theme of authority or power of state and government. This research is going to use thematic and analytical approach by analyzing the interpretation of the verses which are related to the authority concept, state and government. The result of this research indicates that both al-Azhar and al-Mishbah contextualize the meaning of verses in the Qur'an by bringing them into general value. The differences among them, Quraish Shihab, lays out the general understanding of general knowledge. Meanwhile, Hamka lays out the general meaning into a more concrete thinking which is more actual in the Indonesian context.